When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taught not to stand out from the rest of the team. It’s different now. […] But I am old-school. It was a big adjustment when I first came here to play at a camp. The coaches told me to dunk, but I would lay the ball in. Finally, the coaches made everyone else on my team run laps when I didn’t dunk. I didn’t want my teammates to be punished because of me. That’s how I learned to dunk.
Yao Ming for Esquire’s “What I’ve Learned”
2 years ago on December 15, 2009 at 08:55am
