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.

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

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

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.

A good leader must be fair.

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

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.