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.

8 points 9. 2 rebounds and 1. Asian championships
Yao led the Chinese national team to 3 consecutive FIBA Asian Championship gold medals winning the 2001 FIBA Asian Championship the 2003 FIBA Asian Championship and the 2005 FIBA Asian Championship.

29 m (7 ft 6 in). At the time of his final season he was the tallest active player in the NBA at 2. He reached the NBA Playoffs four times and the Rockets won a first-round series in the 2009 postseason their first playoff series victory since 1997.