Quotes by Yao Ming

About Yao Ming:

Yao Ming is a retired Chinese professional basketball player who played for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected to start for the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game eight times, and was named to the All-NBA Team five times. At the time of his final season, he was the tallest active player in the NBA, at 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in).
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Putting our ecosystem in great peril is certainly not a part of Chinese culture that I know.

Yao Ming

Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.

Yao Ming

A good leader must be fair.

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.

Yao Ming

No matter whether you are new or an old team member, you need time to adjust to one another.

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.

Yao Ming

Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.

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.

Yao Ming

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.

Yao Ming

I finished my high school. I think an educate is very, very important.

Yao Ming

Endangered species are our friends.

Yao Ming

Author Bio

  • NameYao Ming
  • DescriptionChinese basketball player
  • BornSeptember 12, 1980
  • CountryPeople's Republic Of China
  • ProfessionBasketball Player; Sportsperson; Autobiographer