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I can see well enough on the 28-meter basketball court.

Yao Ming

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Yao Ming
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 12
Autobiographer
Basketball Player
Entrepreneur
Shanghai
China
Ming Yao
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Well
Enough
Meter
Basketball

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I only want to play basketball, and play it well and be happy about it. But I realize that with being famous, comes a lot of demands.
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To miss one year is a long time. I've never been in this situation before, and I'm getting as much information as I can about my foot, to see what's the best for me and best for the Rockets.
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One is taller. The other is shorter.
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When the buying stops, the killing can too.
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I feel that the All-Star game is more like a party because its made up of a lot of elements. However the core of All-Star is still the 48 minute-game and all the fans will pay all attention to the showcase of the players excellent skills. The result of the game is not much of a concern.
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Friendship first, competition second.
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Westerners respect privacy, and they are very competitive in terms of work and personalities. My teammates in China and I can talk about everything. But with my Houston Rockets teammates, even though we're friends, we cannot ask each other about everything.
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First of all, I'm not buff enough. I got pushed away from the basket. And even when I didn't, I couldn't get anyone to throw me a pass.
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Sport is the best means of communication between people from different religions and countries.
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If we buy ivory it makes all of us killers as well.
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I don't really have anything to say. Basketball is not a game that you can play with your mouth. It needs action to prove yourself.
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Embarrassed journalists ask me embarrassing questions, and they get embarrassing answers, and then hand out embarrassing stories to the embarrassing editors, who put them to the front pages of newspapers. When is this going to end?
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Hometown is like my quilts. Sometimes when you are in sweet dreams, you don't feel it's comfortable.
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I finished my high school. I think an educate is very, very important.
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I think I am upsetting the coach.
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It's always nice to start the season with a win.
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When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taght not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.
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