McGrady: Yao Ming's impact reaches far beyond the NBA court
McGrady: 姚明的影响力远大于NBA赛场上
When I got traded to the Houston Rockets in 2004 I really didn't know Yao Ming.
He'd been in the league a few years, we'd both been to the All-Star Game
and we played against each other a few times, but I had never talked to him.
I didn't think he could speak any English and I was worried about that.
I thought: "How is this going to work?"
2004年我被交易到休士敦火箭队前，我对姚明一无所知。我知道他在联盟打滚了几年、
我们也在全明星赛场上交手过几次，但我没跟他讲过话。
我以为也很担心他不会讲英文，我满脑子只有：“这该怎么沟通啊？”
I had just won the last two scoring titles with the Orlando Magic, but I was so
excited to be playing with a great big man that I knew I was going to have to
work with him and feed him the ball. But to do that, we needed communication.
当时我在奥兰多魔术队刚拿下两座得分王，我也很高兴可以跟一个这么棒的大个子合作，
而且我相信我可以跟他配合的很好。但是在这之前我们得要先能沟通啊。
How would I talk to him on the court? Would I have to look over at an
interpreter on the bench every time we needed to say something to each other?
I was thinking maybe we'd have earpieces or something.
在场上我要怎么跟他沟通？我该不会要带个翻译吧?!我们俩需要戴个耳机吗？
When I finally met him, I realized two things: he does speak English and not
only does he speak it, he has an amazing sense of humor.
一直到我们碰面后，我才认清了两件事：他很会讲英文，而且他超幽默的。
I loved seeing his personality come out more and more over the years as he
got more comfortable in Houston. That's how I really learned what an amazing
person he is. He will sometimes just pretend he doesn't speak English