| 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. |
接下來我要感謝我的隊友和對手們，首先是劉煒，我們并肩成長，一起打拼，這段共同的經歷是我最珍貴的人生片斷，還有大郅和奧尼爾，他們是我追趕的目標與前進的動力，沒有他們，我就不是今天的我。范斌，他是我國家隊的良師益友，還有沈魏、李楠、巴特爾、易建聯(lián)……所有和我一起在徐匯區(qū)業(yè)余體校、上海青年隊、上海大鯊魚隊、休斯敦火箭隊、國家青年男籃和國家隊一起奮斗過的隊友，還有在CBA和NBA包括世界賽場上一起競爭過的對手們，一起揮汗如雨的日子，令人如此難忘。 |
| 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. |
當然還要感謝我的管理層姚之隊，感謝現(xiàn)在還在臺前臺后忙碌的人們，多年來你們?yōu)槲易隽撕芏嗍虑椋也粫洝?/td>
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| 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. |
借此機會我還要感謝常年支持我的新聞界朋友，感謝我的贊助商和合作伙伴，和你們交往，讓我受益匪淺，還有球迷朋友們，不管是黑還是蜜，不管是國內的還是國外的，感謝所有的朋友，大家的關心使我獲得了足夠的信心，大家的批評使我修正了缺點和不足。 |
| 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. |
今天提到和沒提到的，你們每一個人都在我心中，總而言之，我感謝所有親人和朋友多年來的陪伴，我會繼續(xù)做好我自己，一起離開大家……不會離開大家，抱歉，說錯了。 |
| Yao Ming will always be with you, my dear friends, thank you! |
姚明和朋友永遠在一起，謝謝大家。 |
| 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，我要感謝這個偉大、進步的時代，使我有機會去實現(xiàn)自己的夢想和價值，我曾經說過，有一天我的職業(yè)籃球生涯結束了，我希望那只是一個逗號，不是一個句號，今天這一天終于到來了，但我沒有離開籃球，我的生活還在繼續(xù)，我還是姚明，我還有很多事情可以做，遠遠沒有達到劃上句號的那一天。 |
| 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. |
祝朋友們健康、快樂，祝福我的家鄉(xiāng)上海、第二故鄉(xiāng)休斯敦，我們偉大的祖國因為熱愛籃球運動擁有更加美好的明天。 |
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Thank you very much!
(China.org.cn July 21, 2011)
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謝謝大家！ |
![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]")
