Yao Ming Quotes

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.

Please don't let the illegal ivory trade orphan even more baby elephants.

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

Sport is the best means of communication between people from different religions and countries.

Sports teach you how to be quick. Injuries teach you how to slow down.

There is a phrase in Chinese, 'Resolve is victory.'

Putting our ecosystem in great peril is certainly not a part of Chinese culture that I know.

Friendship first, competition second.

Sometimes it can feel like there are a billion people on my shoulders.

Endangered species are our friends.

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.

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

I think I'll stick to what I'm used to, my principles, and that is team Number 1 and individual Number 2.

Hometown is like my quilts. Sometimes when you are in sweet dreams, you don't feel it's comfortable.

My American strength coach said he liked me better before I could speak English.

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.

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

It will take time to adapt, but I think I can handle it.

I think I am upsetting the coach.

When the buying stops, the killing can too.

When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taght not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.

I can see well enough on the 28-meter basketball court.

I'm just one of the 1.3 billion Chinese.

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.

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

If we buy ivory it makes all of us killers as well.

It's always nice to start the season with a win.

Kobe's heart is as strong as his muscles.

Others are improving very fast, and I'm not improving as fast, and that bothers me.

To miss one year is a long time. I've never been in this situation before, and I'm getting as much information as I can about my foot, to see what's the best for me and best for the Rockets.

One is taller. The other is shorter.

A good leader must be fair.

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.

Be a journalist. I can't get away from you guys, then I just mingle with you guys.

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.

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.

The Olympic Games is holy. Athletes from around the world, including myself, of course, dream to participate.

The journalists are poking me all the time. It's impossible for me to stop even I want to.