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Cann't believe that no one has posted this --- Q&A: Yao Ming

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by fa7999, Sep 20, 2004.

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  1. fa7999

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    http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040927-699421,00.html

    Monday, Sep. 20, 2004
    In a new memoir with sportswriter Ric Bucher, Yao: A Life in Two Worlds, Houston Rockets center Yao Ming reflects on straddling two cultures — at 7 ft. 5 in.

    Are you relieved that Shaq is in another conference now? Yes. My sympathies go out to all the Eastern Conference centers.

    Who's the biggest trash talker in the NBA? The coaches.

    Has playing in the U.S. changed your personality? It has fertilized my growth as a person. The competitiveness of the NBA brings out more emotion in me, and I'm more willing to display that emotion now.

    Why did the U.S. basketball team play so badly in the Olympics? It's a lack of understanding of international basketball, the rules, the players. Team China has the same problem.

    What's the biggest misconception that Americans have about China? I don't know, but the Chinese seem to know more about Americans than the other way around.

    Would you ever want to be a U.S. citizen? Not right now. Because of the terrorism thing, it's safer to be a Chinese citizen. [Translator: That's a joke, by the way.] I still feel very Chinese. This is my country. Besides, basketball is an international language.
     
    #1 fa7999, Sep 20, 2004
  2. fakefan

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    I truly think the biggest trash talker will be Yao himself, if it is not now already.

     
    #2 fakefan, Sep 20, 2004
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    Who is this 'translator'?

    [Translator: That's a joke, by the way.]:eek:
     
    #3 beerghost, Sep 20, 2004
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    [​IMG] ?
     
    #4 LegendZ3, Sep 20, 2004
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    Yao's replies are so witty. Good read.. thx
     
    #5 hikanoo49, Sep 20, 2004
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    Does China allow dual-citizenship with the U.S.? I'm surprised Yao would even publicly consider U.S. citizenship.
     
    #6 Relativist, Sep 20, 2004
  7. m_cable

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    It will be posted tomorrow. Lock this sucker up.
     
    #7 m_cable, Sep 20, 2004
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    No,Yao will have to give up his Chinese citizenship if he wants to be an American.
     
    #8 kevin8494, Sep 20, 2004
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    I think he's just trying to be polite. "Hell no" wouldn't have been quite as diplomatic.
     
    #9 JuanValdez, Sep 20, 2004
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    No Time use in-house translators.

    Colin can do better than that.

    Time are well known for their translations. They once managed to translate a Gerard Depardeiu (spelling?) interview where he said something along the line of he witnessed a rape when he was very young to he committed a rape when he was very young.
     
    #10 hooroo, Sep 20, 2004
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