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.
我還感謝常年關(guān)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(nèi)的還是國外的，感謝所有關(guān)注我的朋友，大家的關(guān)心使我獲得足夠的信心和勇氣，大家的批評(píng)使我修正了缺點(diǎn)了不足。

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.
今天提到的和沒提到的，你們每個(gè)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(huì)繼續(xù)做好我自己，不會(huì)離開大家！

Yao Ming will always be with you, my dear friends, thank you !
姚明和朋友們永遠(yuǎn)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. 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!
最后要感謝這個(gè)偉大進(jìn)步的時(shí)代，使我有機(jī)會(huì)去實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的夢(mèng)想和價(jià)值，我曾經(jīng)說過有一天我的職業(yè)籃球生涯結(jié)束了，我希望它只是逗號(hào)，不是句號(hào)，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(xù)，我還是姚明。我還有很多事情可以做，遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)沒有達(dá)到劃上句號(hào)的那一天，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，讓我們熱愛的籃球運(yùn)動(dòng)擁有更加美好的明天。謝謝大家！