recap of Sina's Yao interview today(some interesting part)

the original entire interview is too long for my time to translate. I will just recap some interesting lines here:
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A. [about leadership, CBA and Oden's face]

sina: you were the absolute leader when you won the CBA title for Shanghai. how to you compare that to now?(refers to the leadership question in Rox)

Yao: it is not fair to compare things in NBA and CBA. one has to be outstanding if he wants to be the leader. my advantage back in CBA was different from here in NBA.--of course, I still have advantage, but not as big as there. I almost forgot my feelings in CBA. I've been playing here for 7 years, only 5 years in CBA.

this is like the unfairness to compare me and Oden after yesterday's game. I played 7 years. he only 1 year. just like somebody's comparing me and Shark in my rookie year.

sina: now you are the veteran. he(Oden) is the rookie.
Yao: look at his face. he is the veteran, I am the rookie.

B.[about big 3]

sina: when this season began, people were talking about the Houston Big 3. now that T-Mac is done for the season, what will you say for that?

Yao: the big 3 talk reminds me a recent popular phrase in China: [chinese] (means copycat). we were the copycat Big 3, definitely not as good as the original (celtic) big 3. now we are only 2. there's one more difference: we were always a bit slower doing anything.

sina: are there New Big 3 in Rox?

Yao: if you insist on that, count me, ron and Adleman. and this doesn't change the "slower" part...

C.[about center ranking]

Sina: I asked Oden about you yesterday. he said you were definitely one of the best 2. may I ask how do you consider youself among all (playing) centers?

Yao: first, there's only a handful of players playing real C in this league nowadays. it is like you ask somebody what's your rank in the race? third! sounds good. but there's only 3 racers. it is as insipid as that.

D.[about stats and Shane]
sina: you cared a lot about your stats back in CBA. what makes you change now?
Yao: even for now, I do care about stats. here in NBA, every point or reb is more precious than in CBA. I could easily drop 30/20 in CBA. but I break my head here for some mere reb. So I cherish my stat more here. but there's some ways to prove yourself other than stats, and that's called team's win.--otherwise shane could kill himself now. fact is so many teams fight hard to get him. you can't see his value through stats. you must watch the game and results to appreciate that. for me it is easier: 1 point is 1 point, 1 reb is 1 reb. I am a C. I do care! the different team tactics required me to reduce my shots #, so my stats dropped a bit. I care about my stats after I care about that we win.

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for me above were the all entertaining parts. sorry for my long abandoned English.

 

well, maybe because he was talking in his native language
there were a bunch of hilarious Chinese-only jokes in the interview. I saved the trouble.

 

firstly, trust my accuracy despite my grammar. I spent 4 years in states
I doubt Yao meant to show respect by that remark. to including the coach in sth like "big 3" is a joke by itself. nobody called shark+kobe+uncle KFC big 3. and Yao took adelman into the trio right after his other remark about "slower".

that doesn't necessarily means Yao has no respect for rick. at least he admitted RA's impact on Rox by the comment.

 

there is a reason for this variation. in China when fans want to use a nickname on him, they literally called him the chinese word for "shark". or another version: "O-fat"