Quotes from Yao

"I haven't done much trash-talking. But last year, I did complain about a call. Nobody could believe it. So I said, 'I've spent a lot on English lessons. I want to get my money's worth.' The official was laughing. My American strength coach says he liked me better before I could talk English. ... Our honeymoon was in Europe. One stop was Venice. Cost fifty dollars for a ride in the gondola. There was also the romantic package. Three hundred dollars. That gets a bottle of red wine and a man playing music. But I don't really drink red wine. And you can hear the music coming from the other boats. So the fifty-dollar package seemed like the way to go."

from this article.

this really happened, part 26.