I would also like to thank life. No matter my favorite basketball or something else, they are all parts of the life. Life is like a guide. When you sincerely follow it, it will open one and another door for you and the world outside of them is so different and exciting. Today, I retired. The door of basketball is closed, but another door has just opened which will lead me to a new life waiting for me to experience. I will continue to participate in social welfare in the future. Yao Fund is my personal fund, which has been established for three years. And in the coming future, I will take this as the basis and call on more people to get involved in charity and help more people. And at the same time, I wish to know more friends here and to do some things together with you. I believe the exchanges with all of you will teach me more things that will also enrich my life and help me to start from Shanghai to the whole country, from China to the whole world, so I’ll thank life. And in the coming future, to take it seriously will be the best reward to life.

最后感謝我的親人和我所有的朋友，這里有一份很長的名單，由于時間的原因不能一一提及，只能選讀其中的代表，希望朋友多多盡量。首先感謝是我的家人，父母，是我人生的啟蒙者，葉莉是我最好的傾聽者，可愛的姚沁蕾是我的新希望。感謝教練，是培養我，見證成長，有啟蒙指導李張明，李秋平，王秋，王秋光，錄制橋，我在國家訓練隊教練馬指導，在國家歷練王非、蔣清泉還有比德賀爾斯，還有火箭隊歷任株連較，湯姆、救地，教練員，還有現任總經理，我還要感謝各位領導，特別是國家體育總局，上海市，中國籃協，上海體育局和上海文廣集團和原，他們的關心、支持和鼓勵是我不斷前進，取得今天的成績。

At last, I want to thank my family and all my friends. I have a very long name list here, but for time limit, I can only mention some of you, please forgive me. Firstly I want to thank my family member, parents, who are the enlightenment to me, Ye Li is also the best listener. I also want to thank my coaches, who have witnessed every step of my growth, including my mentor, all coaches in Shanghai Sharks, and the coaches in national team, in Rockets, and former manager. I also want to thank all leaders, especially State General Administration of Sports, especially State General Administration of Sports, Shanghai Basketball Association, Shanghai Sports Bureau, Shanghai Wenguang Group and leaders from Shanghai Sharks. Their care, encouragement always drives me to progress and to get today’s achievement.

我要感謝NBA和休斯敦火箭隊的管理層，今天非常感謝他們的到來。他們理解和支持，幫助我克服了文化和語言的障礙，可以在世界最高的聯賽當中站穩腳跟，接下來要感謝我的隊友和我的對手們，首先是劉煒，我們并肩成長，一起打拼，還有大致，奧尼爾，是我追趕的目標和前進的動力，沒有他們，我不是今天的我。沈冰是國家隊的良師益友。還有沈威，……以及所有和我一起奮斗過的隊友，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難忘。當然感謝管理層姚支隊，感謝章明基、陸浩……以及現在還在臺前臺后忙碌的人們，多年來幫助我做很多事情，我不會忘記。

I also want to thank the NBA and the Houston Rockets manager. Thanks for their presence, and thank you Daryl Morey. Their support and understanding helped me overcome the cultural and language barriers, enabling me to stand firm on the world’s best basketball team. 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. 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.

我還感謝常年關注我的新聞界的朋友們，感謝贊助商和合作伙伴，和你們交往使我受益匪淺，還有各類的球迷朋友們，不管是黑還是綠，不管是國內的還是國外的，感謝所有關注我的朋友，大家的關心使我獲得足夠的信心和勇氣，大家的批評使我修正了缺點了不足。

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.

今天提到的和沒提到的，你們每個人都在我心里，總而言之，我感謝所有的親人和朋友多年來的陪伴，我會繼續做好我自己，不會離開大家！

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.

姚明和朋友們永遠在一起，謝謝大家！

Yao Ming will always be with you, my dear friends, thank you

最后要感謝這個偉大進步的時代，使我有機會去實現自己的夢想和價值，我曾經說過有一天我的職業籃球生涯結束了，我希望它只是逗號，不是句號，今天這一天終于到來了，但是我沒有離開心愛的籃球，我的生活還再繼續，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，祝朋友們健康快樂，祝福我的家鄉上海，第二故鄉休斯敦，我們偉大的祖國，讓我們熱愛的籃球運動擁有更加美好的明天。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. 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. Thank you very much!