When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taught not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.
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Yao Ming
Profession:
Athlete
Born:
September 12, 1980
Nationality:
Chinese
Quotes by Yao Ming
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A good leader must be fair.
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Yao Ming
I finished my high school. I think an educate is very, very important.
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Yao Ming
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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Yao Ming
I'm getting fat... because my size, I put on 20 or 30 pounds, it doesn't show very much... I'm thinking about going back to work out in a very short time.
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Yao Ming
Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
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Yao Ming
No matter whether you are new or an old team member, you need time to adjust to one another.
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Yao Ming
Putting our ecosystem in great peril is certainly not a part of Chinese culture that I know.
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Yao Ming
Endangered species are our friends.
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Yao Ming
Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
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Yao Ming
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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Yao Ming