| I'd like to extend my gratitude to my teammates and opponents. First of all, Liu Wei. We have grown up together as teammates, and this will be the most precious experience in my life. Wang Zhizhi and Shaquille O'Neal, it is your presence that keep me endeavoring to catch up to you and you are always my targets. Without you two, I could not make such an achievement. I also want to say thanks to Fan Bin, my mentor on the national team and to Shen Wei, Li Nan, Mengke Bateer, Yi Jianlian and all my teammates at Xuhui District Amateur Sports School, Shanghai Youth Team, Shanghai Sharks, Houston Rockets, National Youth Team and the National Team, to my opponents in the games of CBA and NBA. It was indeed memorable days to play with you. |
接下来我要感谢我的队友和对手们，首先是刘炜，我们并肩成长，一起打拼，这段共同的经历是我最珍贵的人生片断，还有大郅和奥尼尔，他们是我追赶的目标与前进的动力，没有他们，我就不是今天的我。范斌，他是我国家队的良师益友，还有沈魏、李楠、巴特尔、易建联……所有和我一起在徐汇区业余体校、上海青年队、上海大鲨鱼队、休斯敦火箭队、国家青年男篮和国家队一起奋斗过的队友，还有在CBA和NBA包括世界赛场上一起竞争过的对手们，一起挥汗如雨的日子，令人如此难忘。 |
| I also want to thank "Yao's team" (Yao Ming's business planning team) for all you have done for me over the years and I will never forget it. |
当然还要感谢我的管理层姚之队，感谢现在还在台前台后忙碌的人们，多年来你们为我做了很多事情，我不会忘记。 |
| I want to take this opportunity to express my thanks to friends from the media, to my sponsors and partners, from whom I have learned a lot, and to my dear fans, whether you like me or not, whether you are Chinese or foreigners. The care from all of you gives me enough confidence and your criticism helps me improve myself. |
借此机会我还要感谢常年支持我的新闻界朋友，感谢我的赞助商和合作伙伴，和你们交往，让我受益匪浅，还有球迷朋友们，不管是黑还是蜜，不管是国内的还是国外的，感谢所有的朋友，大家的关心使我获得了足够的信心，大家的批评使我修正了缺点和不足。 |
| All of you, whether I have mentioned above or not, will be in my heart. In a word, I want to say thank you to my family and friends for your company all these years. I will continue to be the best I can be and continue to be with you all. |
今天提到和没提到的，你们每一个人都在我心中，总而言之，我感谢所有亲人和朋友多年来的陪伴，我会继续做好我自己，一起离开大家……不会离开大家，抱歉，说错了。 |
| Yao Ming will always be with you, my dear friends, thank you! |
姚明和朋友永远在一起，谢谢大家。 |
| Finally, I will express my gratitude to the great and progressive era, in which I have a chance to make my dream come true and show my value. Once I said when my basketball career ended, it was just a comma rather than a full stop. Now the day comes, but I don't leave basketball, my life is still continuing. I am still myself, Yao Ming. There are a lot of things for me to do and it is far too early to say goodbye. |
最后，我要感谢这个伟大、进步的时代，使我有机会去实现自己的梦想和价值，我曾经说过，有一天我的职业篮球生涯结束了，我希望那只是一个逗号，不是一个句号，今天这一天终于到来了，但我没有离开篮球，我的生活还在继续，我还是姚明，我还有很多事情可以做，远远没有达到划上句号的那一天。 |
| I wish you all a healthy and happy life. I wish my hometown Shanghai, second hometown Houston, my great motherland and I wish basketball a bright future. |
祝朋友们健康、快乐，祝福我的家乡上海、第二故乡休斯敦，我们伟大的祖国因为热爱篮球运动拥有更加美好的明天。 |
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Thank you very much!
(China.org.cn July 21, 2011)
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谢谢大家！ |
![Yao takes a photo with his family. Yao Ming made his exit from professional basketball official Wednesday, announcing his retirement from the NBA and a sport that made him a household name across China.[Photo/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20110721/00114320def10f91dfd129.jpg "Yao takes a photo with his family. Yao Ming made his exit from professional basketball official Wednesday, announcing his retirement from the NBA and a sport that made him a household name across China.[Photo/Xinhua]")
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