Inspiring stories about Yao Ming

Life is like a DVD. Side A, the most eye-catching, is the gorgeous advertising side presented to the public; side B, the recorded story is invisible to the naked eye, but actually has richer connotations.

There is such a genius. If measured in RMB, he has an extremely enviable A-side:

In 2003, he earned 120 million. Yuan; remained at 150 million Yuan in 2004 and 2005; rose to 170 million Yuan in 2006; continued to expand in 2007, reaching 260 million Yuan; in 2008 it was even worse, reaching 38.7 billion Yuan; in 2009 it continued to remain strong, at 357 million Yuan yuan; in 2010 and 2011, they were 250 million yuan and 220 million yuan respectively. After 9 years, it has earned more than 2 billion yuan in total.

However, few people can pay attention to his B-side:

On November 2, 2002, his right finger was bleeding; on January 13, 2003, his left knee was sprained On March 27, I suffered temporary hearing loss in both ears. Soon after, I was hit by an elbow on my left eye, which broke my left brow bone and required eight stitches. On February 27, 2004, my hip was injured. In June, my right big toe was injured. Trampled, half of the big toe nail was cut off a few days later. At the end of the month, the left foot was sprained. On July 4, two toenails were removed; on October 28, 2004, the elbow was injured; on March 31, 2005 On April 4, he suffered a calf injury; on April 4, he was hit by an elbow to the chin, and then sprained his right ankle. On April 13, my chin, which had just received four stitches, was hit by an elbow again. On June 17, my left ankle underwent bone spur removal surgery. On September 14, 2005, my chin was hit and blood flowed. On December 7, The eyebrow bone was hit and required nine stitches; on December 16, the big toe of the left foot was stepped on and the toenail fell off; on December 19, the big toe of the left foot underwent surgery; on April 11, 2006, the little toe of the left foot was fractured , On April 14, a steel nail was implanted in the left foot; on October 10, 2006, the toenail of the big toe of the left foot was removed; on December 24, the tibia of the right leg was fractured; on February 27, 2008, the scaphoid bone was Bone stress fracture. On November 27, the brow bone was hit by an elbow and required four stitches. On January 24, 2009, the knee injury recurred. On February 8, the left shoulder was injured. On February 26, the brow bone was injured. He was hit and his face was covered with blood. On May 10, he suffered a broken bone in his left foot. On July 22, he underwent bone fracture repair surgery: on November 11, 2010, he suffered a stress fracture in his left ankle; on January 7, 2011, he underwent surgery on his left ankle. In short, his nine extremely glorious years were actually a bloody history. From head to toe, he suffered more than 30 injuries or surgeries.

Story details

There are different opinions on how much money Yao Ming earned in his nine-year NBA career, but in a more common sense, it should be enough to last several lifetimes. Yes. But despite all his wealth, Yao Ming is a model of frugality.

In 2004, the Chinese men’s basketball team went to Dallas for training. In order to show their support for the Chinese men’s basketball team, the local Chinese would make breakfast and send them to the hotel where the men’s basketball team was stationed every day. In order for the team members to get more accustomed to eating, the team also brought small packages of mustard bought from China with them. When having breakfast, Yao Ming often goes in the middle or late. At that time, many of the pickled mustards are taken out by other team members and only half a bag or less is left. However, after Yao Ming arrives at the restaurant, he never opens a new bag to eat. , but choose the unused ones in other bags. Sometimes the coach and team doctor would advise Yao Ming to get new ones, which are not very valuable anyway, but Yao Ming said that it is not easy to bring these pickles from China, and the rest are clean, so he must eat them. Light. Until now, Yao Ming still adheres to the principle of "not wasting a grain of food".

Before retiring, Yao Ming returned to the Temple of Heaven apartment where he had lived for many years. There were still several national team uniforms in his room that he wore a few years ago. Although they were a bit old, Yao Ming was not willing to throw them away. , he specifically asked for help, collected his clothes, packed them, and donated them to his "Yao Fund" to give to children in poor areas.

Say no to "acting like a big name"

Team doctor Du Wenliang, who has worked for the national team for 17 years, clearly remembers that in 2003, the Chinese men's basketball team went to Qinhuangdao for training. Yao Ming has been playing in the NBA for one year and is already quite famous. One night, the coaching staff notified all the players and staff to have a meeting on the third floor of the station. All members of the Chinese team lived on the fifth floor at the time. After Yao Ming entered the venue, he happened to sit next to Du Wenliang. After he sat down, Du Wenliang found that Yao Ming was flipping through his notebook and was a little anxious. He immediately knew that he had forgotten to bring his pen. Du Wenliang thought to himself at the time that such a big "man" cared so much about meeting minutes, so he took the initiative to lend his pen to Yao Ming, but Yao Ming said, "If you lend it to me, you won't be able to remember it. Go get it yourself." As a result, Yao Ming was seen running up to the 5th floor in his slippers, took the pen and hurried back to the venue.

"I always feel that after an athlete becomes a star that attracts much attention, he won't care about such small details at all. He can take the initiative to ask me for pens. But Yao Ming cares, and his kind Care is unconscious, that's his quality." Recalling that little incident at that time, Du Wenliang was still moved by Yao Ming's behavior.

The same details also occur on the training ground. After the national team’s training session, the team doctor often gives the players a basin of hot water to soak their feet or some relaxing massages. Yao Ming will do this every time. Say "thank you" to the team doctor seriously. Du Wenliang said that it is obvious from Yao Ming's tone and expression that he particularly respects the work of others. There are probably very few world-class players who can insist on saying these two words every time.

Another time, the staff of the Basketball Association brought 300 envelopes and asked Yao Ming to sign them before giving them to the fans. I was very tired after the training and had to face such a heavy workload, but Yao Ming Without saying a word, he signed it in one breath. Afterward, he just rubbed his almost stiff right hand and showed his signature smile.

There are 28 steel nails on the 66 stitches on the chin

Yao Ming is famous for his professionalism and patriotism. At the 2005 Asian Championships in Qatar, after the Chinese men's basketball team defeated the strongest Lebanon in the group stage, it was basically determined to qualify as the first in the group. After this crucial tough battle, head coach Yunus arranged for all the players to rest and adjust. However, not long after the game, Yao Ming went straight to the training ground with towels and clothes. Both the players and the team staff were very curious. ask. "Training! According to the plan, I should have one more training session. The national team game is over, and there are some NBA subjects." Yao Ming said.

Just before this Asian Championship, Yao Ming had a blood blister on his left foot when he was about to return from the NBA. In order to prevent inflammation, the Rockets team doctor helped him pop the blood blister. Even so, , Yao Ming walked into the weight room the day after returning to China. At that time, Hu Jiashi, deputy director of the Basketball Management Center, was quite emotional. He felt that a star like Yao Ming could ask for a few days of rest, but Yao Ming did not do so.

Another thing happened at the Qatar Asian Championships. In the group match against Lebanon, the two sides played a very heated match. Not long after the start of the second quarter, Yao Ming's chin was hit with an elbow by an opponent's player and a large gash was opened. During the break, Yao Ming simply put a band-aid on it and asked to play again. After the game, the organizing committee doctor gave Yao Ming four stitches, but the national team doctor Du Wenliang thought the treatment was not good enough and gave Yao Ming another stitch. At that time, Yao Ming told Du Wenliang that his chin had received 66 stitches including this time. A chin received 66 stitches from front to back, something even an experienced national team doctor has never seen before.

Of course, the injury that ultimately forced Yao Ming to retire was still on his foot.

Before retiring, Yao Ming and Du Wenliang had a chat. Yao Ming asked Dr. Du if he knew how many bones there were in a person's foot. Du Wenliang replied that it was 25 to 26. Then Yao Ming told him that there were 28 steel plates and steel nails in his left foot, which meant that on average there was at least one steel nail on each sole bone. This number also surprised Dr. Du. For many years, Yao Ming has fought bloody battles on the court with a large number of steel plates and steel nails. Such professionalism is really admirable!

Needless to say, everyone knows that this genius is Yao Ming. Voltaire said: "Without great difficulties, there will be no great cause." Yes, this is how life is: to be beautiful. You have to take risks. ;