Hello, leaders, distinguished guests, and thank you for coming today.
Today is an important day for me, which is of special significance to me, my previous basketball career and my future personal development.
At the end of last year, my left foot was broken for the third time, so I had to leave the court. Like many concerned friends, I spent a long time in expectation for half a year. During that time, I was very entangled and thought repeatedly, so I announced a personal decision today. As a basketball player, I will end my sports career and officially retire.
At this moment, looking back and looking forward to the future, my heart is full of gratitude. First of all, I want to thank basketball, a great sport, for bringing happiness to countless people, including myself. I got my first basketball when I was 4 years old. When I was 9 years old, I was like Shanghai Sports School. 65,438+04 years old, joined the Shanghai training team. 65,438+06 years old, I carry my father's number on my back to represent the Shanghai team. Basketball is my family's legacy. Whenever I see my parents' gratified eyes, I feel extremely proud. I am also very honored to win the 2002 CBA championship for Shanghai and the city behind us. In the same year, after entering the NBA, basketball led me into a broader stage, enabling me to show myself to the maximum extent. I also want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to fight for the China national team for ten years, which is the dream of countless young people. At the same time, because of basketball, I became attached to my beloved, established a happy family and gained happiness all my life. These are all brought to me by basketball which I love very much. I want to thank basketball.
I also want to thank life. Whether I like basketball or anything else, it is a part of life. I think life is like a guide. If you pursue him in the future, you will open a door to deceive people. Today, you retired, one door closed, another door opened, and there was a brand-new life waiting for me outside. Although I leave the court, I won't leave basketball. Shanghai Oriental Building Basketball Team is a continuation of my basketball. I am running the club with my heart and bringing happiness to my hometown in this way. I will continue to devote myself to social welfare. Yao Fund is my personal foundation, which has been established for three years. I will rely on it to influence more people to participate in charity and help more people. At the same time, I hope to make more friends and do what I like together. I believe that through contact with people of insight from all walks of life, I will learn more, enrich my wonderful life, and let me go from Shanghai to the whole country and from China to the world. So I want to thank life, and I will take it seriously in the future. This is the best reward for life.
Finally, I want to thank my relatives and all my friends. Here is a long list. Because of time, I can't mention them all. I can only read representatives from them. I hope the more friends, the better. First of all, I want to thank my family, my parents, who are the enlighteners of my life. Ye Li is my best listener, and lovely Yao Qinlei is my new hope. Thanks to the coach, who trained me and witnessed my growth. I have enlightened Li, Li, Li, Wang and the recording bridge. I have coached horses in the national training team, and I have also experienced Bedhoss in China, as well as coaches and current general managers such as Rocket, Tom and Save the Earth. I also want to thank all the leaders, especially the State Sports General Administration, Shanghai, chinese basketball association and Shanghai.
I want to thank the management of NBA and Houston Rockets, and thank them very much for coming today. Their understanding and support helped me overcome cultural and language barriers and gain a firm foothold in the world's highest league. Next, I want to thank my teammates and my opponents. First of all, Liu Wei, we have grown up side by side and worked hard together. On the whole, O 'Neill is my goal to catch up with and my motivation to move forward. Without them, I wouldn't be who I am today. Shen Bing is the coach of the national team. And Wai Shum, ... and all my teammates who fought with me, and my opponents who competed with me in CBA and NBA, including the world. The days of sweating together are unforgettable. Of course, I also want to thank Yao, Zhang Mingji, ... and the people who are still busy under the stage. They have helped me to do many things over the years, and I will never forget them.
I also thank my friends, sponsors and partners who have been paying attention to my press all the year round. I have benefited a lot from your contacts, as well as all kinds of fans and friends, whether black or green, whether at home or abroad. Thanks to all my friends who have paid attention to me. Everyone's concern gave me enough confidence and courage, and everyone's criticism made me correct my own shortcomings.
What you mentioned today and what you didn't mention are in my heart. In short, thank you all for your company over the years. I will continue to be myself and will not leave you!
Yao Ming and his friends will be together forever, thank you!
Finally, I want to thank this great and progressive era for giving me the opportunity to realize my dreams and values. I once said that one day my professional basketball career was over. I hope this is just a comma, not a full stop. Today has finally arrived, but I haven't left my beloved basketball, and my life continues. I'm still Yao Ming. I still have a lot of things to do, which is far from over. I wish my friends health and happiness. I wish my hometown Shanghai, my second hometown Houston and our great motherland a better tomorrow for our beloved basketball. Thank you all
In addition, Li, director of Shanghai Sports Bureau, gave a brief summary of his speech (transferred from Xinhuanet).
Li said that Yao Ming is an outstanding basketball player in China. He achieved "the best achievement in history" on behalf of China basketball team in his sports career, and "conquered countless fans around the world with superb skills and personality charm, and attracted countless teenagers to participate in basketball" in his nine-year NBA career.
Not only for basketball, Li thinks that Yao Ming is the spokesman of Shanghai city image, but also a friendly messenger to spread the profound friendship between the people of China and the people of the world. He expressed the hope that Yao Ming will give full play to his intelligence and wisdom in a longer life, fully display the value of life and make new contributions to the development of sports in Shanghai and even China.
"People in my hometown are proud of Yao Ming," Li said. "Yao Ming, we welcome you home."
I hope LZ can be satisfied
Or a public education presentation?