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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

I understand basketball is not my entire life. It's only a part of my life. And there are a lot of other things that interest me a great deal ... other goals to seek, and this is how I have balance in life.