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If we buy ivory it makes all of us killers as well.
Yao Ming
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Yao Ming
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 12
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Basketball Player
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Shanghai
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Ming Yao
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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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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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Sports teach you how to be quick. Injuries teach you how to slow down.
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Kobe's heart is as strong as his muscles.
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My American strength coach said he liked me better before I could speak English.
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I think I am upsetting the coach.
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Sometimes it can feel like there are a billion people on my shoulders.
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It will take time to adapt, but I think I can handle it.
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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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Friendship first, competition second.
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I can see well enough on the 28-meter basketball court.
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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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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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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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Is there a choice in life? It's always been like this. I am jealous that you have a lot of leisure and free time. You are jealous that I have a lot money.
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One is taller. The other is shorter.
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I'm just one of the 1.3 billion Chinese.
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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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