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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
Victory
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Resolve
Chinese
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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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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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It will take time to adapt, but I think I can handle it.
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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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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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When the buying stops, the killing can too.
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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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Kobe's heart is as strong as his muscles.
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No matter whether you are new or an old team member, you need time to adjust to one another.
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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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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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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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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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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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I'm just one of the 1.3 billion Chinese.
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Endangered species are our friends.
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If we buy ivory it makes all of us killers as well.
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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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Friendship first, competition second.
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