We're playing with more intensity and we're playing harder. If we keep doing that, we're going to beat most teams. If Yao plays the way he played tonight, and if we could get everyone to play with him to the best of their ability, then I think we could be a really good team.
Quotes about yao (16 Quotes)
I didn't think Yao was particularly as good tonight as he has been. There's obviously a huge burden on his shoulders right now, but we're capable of making (shots) and we didn't tonight.
Yao has a dream of winning the NBA finals at least once, and he believed to stay at Houston he would have a better chance than moving to another team after the next season. He also believed the Rockets can help him develop his full potential in the sport and make him a really good basketball player.
We're playing a lot less random, a lot more structured. We're pushing, still getting stuff in transition. But when we don't have it, we're finding Yao in the paint, going insideoutside. ... Usually we depended on someone like Tracy doing it all and making plays for us, but now we're just playing basketball and getting the job done.
I just want Yao to recover when he can and become an even better basketball player. I've got enough problems already without being a vicious capitalist pig.
I'm not surprised when (Yao) plays well. He is prepared every day. He works hard every day. He's one of the few guys who doesn't need outside motivation. He is without question the best regular-season center in basketball.
Saying Good-bye to the God of Disease (2) Thousands of willow branches in a spring wind. Six hundred million of China, land of the gods, and exemplary like the emperors Shun and Yao. A scarlet rain of peach blossoms turned into waves and emerald mountains into bridges. Summits touch the sky. We dig with silver shovels and iron arms shake the earth and the Three Rivers. God of plagues, where are you going We burn paper boats and bright candles to light his way to heaven. July I, 1958
Basketball is a global game, just like soccer is a global game. You see the Manu Ginobilis and Yao Mings of the world. We can play the game in every country.
All you need is a name like Yao Ming, a couple of players in the Major Leagues, and you might well have significant Chinese involvement in baseball.
I've got to assert myself because the big fellow (Yao Ming) is out and we need more scoring. I need to do more out there on the offensive and defensive end. It's all about attacking from start to finish.
My thing about numbers is that people who write about the game should never look at Yao Ming and reduce what he stands for to numbers. Some other guys will maybe play better in the playoffs at times. But he is the best regular-season center in basketball. And the reason is he comes to play every night.
It tells you clearly the fans are voting purely on entertainment value and obviously the home turnout in certain cities. Yao Ming was voted an All-Star starter. How many games did he miss But there's a lot of people voting in China.
Yao is not blessed with anything except God-given size and great parents. Everything else has been worked for basketball-wise. There's a lot easier roads to becoming a really, really good player in this league. He had a difficult road, and he made it through his own internal drive to be great.
Yao is playing some awfully good basketball. I had a firsthand look at him during All-Star Weekend, and he looked to be moving pretty good. Obviously he's a big focus of our defense.
We get back ahead get control of the game but we can't sustain it. Yao is a problem for us and no matter what we did we were in trouble.
It's as important as anything I've ever done as owner. To have the next great big man of the NBA, it's very important for the team and the city. We're trying to win championships, and anything that takes away from that concentration (such as contract issues) hurts. I think we can be one of the top three teams in the West. We have a great team and great coach. And we have an asset that a lot of teams don't have with Yao in the middle.