Yao Ming
Yao Ming
Yao Mingis a Chinese retired professional basketball player who played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Associationand the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association. 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. He is also the only player outside of the US...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth12 September 1980
CityShanghai, China
CountryChina
We?re all basketball players, and were all out there on the court, ... We all live together on this earth.
I'm just one of the 1.3 billion Chinese.
I just started playing basketball and I feel pretty healthy. I feel by the time I return to Houston I will be completely healthy.
I really can?t describe it. It completely surpasses what I imagined, ... Basketball is my job. It?s something I do and can adjust to quickly. The media, I?m a little bit of a stranger to. So it?s a little difficult to adjust.
I couldn't catch the ball in the post. I had to set more screens on the perimeter to try to and get the defender off my body.
For me, it's a breath of fresh air when we make a couple of shots from the outside. That takes a lot of pressure off me and my game. Before we make some shots, everything has to go inside and it's just too crowded. When our guards make some outside shots, we're able to move some stuff around better.
It was a very big win for us, not because it was four wins in a row, but it was mentally tough. We struggled, but I knew we could get back in this game.
It was like if I didn't keep reminding myself, I'd make mistakes.
One is taller. The other is shorter.
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.
Hometown is like my quilts. Sometimes when you are in sweet dreams, you don't feel it's comfortable.
There is a phrase in Chinese, 'Resolve is victory.'
Kobe's heart is as strong as his muscles.
If we buy ivory it makes all of us killers as well,