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Yao Ming the Center
By Jeff Pan (Chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2007-03-01 16:38
"Because basketball is bigger than golf ball! I am lucky to get this job."
-- Yao Ming explained why he enjoys more media coverage than Tiger Woods.
"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."
-- Yao Ming said after a slump of few games.
"If he doesn't choose me, I will be the one who gives him most headaches."
-- Yao Ming said when he was asked by General Manger of New York Knicks
why a general would want to choose him in April 2002.
"There are something that are unparalleled in this world, like success
and love."
-- Yao Ming said to journalist after he won the CBA championship.
"To be frank, I just have more muscle, so it won't hurt so much when
somebody bumps into me."
-- Yao Ming said when he was asked how he kept good health in the
physical NBA games.
"Physically, I think the weakest point is our coach."
-- Yao Ming said when he was asked about the weakest point of Houston
Rockets.
"People must think my shape is not suitable to play basketball. But later
I grow taller and heavier, and then there seems to be an advantage. My
upper body is slim and lower part is wide. It's like a big horse tugging
a small cart; the horse won't feel tired anyway. But if it's a small
horse tugging a big cart, the horse will vomit blood before long."
-- Yao Ming commented on his body.
"I sit there just to enjoy the game, because the whole game to me is just
a place to enjoy."
-- Yao Ming said of the All-Star game.
"I feel very much honored. I hope I can play well in this game. I guess
if I don't eat a sleeping pill, I could have problems going to sleep
tonight. Chances like this which can make you sleepless are getting rare."
-- Yao Ming said when he learned he was voted an All-Star
"Every teammate can shoot and score, seeing this is like watching
fireworks."
"He is just like spider."
-- Yao Ming said of Kevin Garnet.
"My jersey is almost a woman's dress."
-- Yao Ming said of the hustling and physical game against the Miami Heat.
"I know I am not the thinnest player in the NBA."
-- Yao Ming said after he played with Shawn Bradley, the then-tallest
player in the NBA.
"Now they are better than me, but I believe that I will defeat them
before long."
-- Yao Ming said of the challenges posed by dominant big men Shaquille
O'Neal and Tim Duncan on September 2, 2002.
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