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There is a phrase in Chinese, 'Resolve is victory.'

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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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Resolve
Chinese
Victory
Attitude

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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 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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I'm just one of the 1.3 billion Chinese.
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When the buying stops, the killing can too.
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Please don't let the illegal ivory trade orphan even more baby elephants.
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If we buy ivory it makes all of us killers as well.
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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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All of the Chinese people, the Asian people say, Oh Yao Ming, you are all the Chinese, all of Asia's hopes. That's a lot of pressure. I'm just a basketball player.
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To me, first and foremost, basketball is a fun sport. It is a hobby, an interest. And second, it is a profession. I feel that I am very fortunate that I can find a professional job that I really, really love.
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Moving to the US was quite a transition for me, to say the least! There were, and still are so many new things to get used to: the language, food, culture, even the style of basketball is different here!
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It will take time to adapt, but I think I can handle it.
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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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Endangered species are our friends.
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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 think I am upsetting the coach.
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Sports teach you how to be quick. Injuries teach you how to slow down.
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Be a journalist. I can't get away from you guys, then I just mingle with you guys.
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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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I think I'll stick to what I'm used to, my principles, and that is team Number 1 and individual Number 2.
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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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