Yao Ming Quotes About Basketball

Quotes about: Basketball

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

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Team, Needs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Ideas, Fortune Cookie

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Distance, Distance Relationship

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• I am a basketball player, and I would like to focus my energy on basketball. The other things, I would rather not do. It is not something I am greatly interested in, but I know it is my responsibility.

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Responsibility, Player

• 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.

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Feet, Years

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

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Sports, Injury

  "Yao Ming: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 10, 2009.

• Friendship first, competition second.

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Competition, Firsts

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

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Team, Thinking

• Kobe's heart is as strong as his muscles.

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Strong, Heart

  "Yao Ming: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 10, 2009.

• A good leader must be fair.

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Leader, Good Leader

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Bother, Improving

• Endangered species are our friends.

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Endangered Species, Species

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Sports, Country

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

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Dream, Athlete

• 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.

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Sports, Jobs

• Every sound in the gym is so fantastic. The screams of the fans, the whistle of the ref, the teammates calling to each other, the sounds of the ball touching the wooden floor, the sneakers touching the floor, and the sounds of the fight, the muscle and the sweat. Oh, and the last one-when the ball goes through the net. Don't laugh at my sensitivity and romanticism - those sounds really attract me.

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Fighting, Sneakers

• 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.

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Personality, Teammate

• I'm just one of the 1.3 billion Chinese.

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Chinese, Billions

  "Yao plays down hero status", www.cnn.com. September 6, 2003.

• 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.

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Play, Demand

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

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, People, Sometimes

  "Yao Ming: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 10, 2009.

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

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Thinking, Take Time

• 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.

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Team, Different

  "Yao Ming: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 10, 2009.

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

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, School, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Nice, Winning

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

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Speak English, Said

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