After three years of not winning many games or going to the playoffs (with the Houston Texans), I wanted to come to a team that was winning. I believe I can help them get to that next level.

Even more importantly, the way we're playing as a team and winning these Big Ten games. Penn State was a huge game for us. Now we're going on the road. Looking back to Penn State, that was just a huge team win.

Winning seven games last year was pretty big for us, and we made major improvements. Now we hope to keep building on that. I think people will be really surprised at how well we do this year. We have big goals.

The conditions tonight obviously were a big factor for Houston. They're a team that does a lot of short passing. When you have the wet conditions it makes it harder for them to play their style.

Our goal is to win the division. Each of these games are must-win games, and they are because they are divisional games, and they come back to bite you at the end of the season,

Yao has a dream of winning the NBA finals at least once, and he believed to stay at Houston he would have a better chance than moving to another team after the next season. He also believed the Rockets can help him develop his full potential in the sport and make him a really good basketball player.