"I can see well enough on the 28-meter basketball court."

-- Yao Ming said when a journalist asked whether his addiction to video games has affected his vision.

"Embarrassed journalists ask me embarrassing questions, and they get embarrassing answers, and then hand out embarrassing stories to the embarrassing editors, who put them to the front pages of newspapers. When is this going to end?"

-- Yao Ming said of the domestic journalists.

"Be a journalist. I can't get away from you guys, then I just mingle with you guys."

-- Yao Ming said when a journalist asked what he wanted to do after retirement.

"Don't compare me with Michael Jordan. His achievement is unimaginable.'

-- Yao Ming said of the excessive media coverage.

"Hope you guys don't force to go to the toilet."

-- Yao Ming said to the beleaguering newshounds.

"The question you asked is the weirdest."

-- Yao Ming said when he was asked what the weirdest problem was since he went to the USA.

"The journalists are poking me all the time. It's impossible for me to stop even I want to."

-- Yao Ming mocked about his motivation to keep going.

"Then should buy a gun, and hire some bodyguards?"

-- Yao Ming said when he was asked how it felt after he first became a millionaire.

"Is America in a famine?"

-- Yao Ming was amazed by the speed American journalists had their food on May 13, 2002.

"Because the air I breathe everyday is fresher than yours."

-- Yao Ming answered when he was asked why he could grow so tall during the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.