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

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

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.

Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is difficult to learn foreign languages and it will also be difficult for me to learn the culture for basketball here.

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.

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.