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Be a journalist. I can't get away from you guys, then I just mingle with you guys.

Yao Ming

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Yao Ming
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 12
Autobiographer
Basketball Player
Entrepreneur
Shanghai
China
Ming Yao
Mingle
Journalist
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Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
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The Olympic Games is holy. Athletes from around the world, including myself, of course, dream to participate.
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Sometimes it can feel like there are a billion people on my shoulders.
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Friendship first, competition second.
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Sports teach you how to be quick. Injuries teach you how to slow down.
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I can see well enough on the 28-meter basketball court.
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I understand basketball is not my entire life. It's only a part of my life. And there are a lot of other things that interest me a great deal ... other goals to seek, and this is how I have balance in life.
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The NBA is a big family, and I think of all these rookies as my brothers. I still believe I am blue collar among the All-Stars.
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Others are improving very fast, and I'm not improving as fast, and that bothers me.
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When the buying stops, the killing can too.
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I'm just one of the 1.3 billion Chinese.
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I am a basketball player, and I would like to focus my energy on basketball. The other things, I would rather not do. It is not something I am greatly interested in, but I know it is my responsibility.
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Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is difficult to learn foreign languages and it will also be difficult for me to learn the culture for basketball here.
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There is a phrase in Chinese, 'Resolve is victory.'
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If we buy ivory it makes all of us killers as well.
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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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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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One is taller. The other is shorter.
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Putting our ecosystem in great peril is certainly not a part of Chinese culture that I know.
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It will take time to adapt, but I think I can handle it.
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