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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
Resolve
Chinese
Victory
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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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Sport is the best means of communication between people from different religions and countries.
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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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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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It's always nice to start the season with a win.
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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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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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My American strength coach said he liked me better before I could speak English.
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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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I can see well enough on the 28-meter basketball court.
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Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
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If you're going to learn a new language, you can't try to be perfect. You'll stop yourself from talking. You just have to let go.
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I'm just one of the 1.3 billion Chinese.
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Sometimes it can feel like there are a billion people on my shoulders.
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Please don't let the illegal ivory trade orphan even more baby elephants.
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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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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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One is taller. The other is shorter.
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Kobe's heart is as strong as his muscles.
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