But they are important talents in our national basketball team. We must guarantee their playing time... We want to protect our players from sitting on the bench after they get to the NBA.

The reforms are to put the Chinese basketball on the right track, not just for some good results at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

We'll have a hard time with these guys coming back from basketball, but we'll be there at the end.

Basketball started for me in this city and I want to be here when it's finally time for me to stop, ... I'm not here to retire. I'm here to help build something that will be around for a long time.

I played four years at UCLA but I didn't think (women's) basketball was going anyplace at the time,

You have to mature every year, both mentally and on the basketball court. Hopefully, this is the time it happens to me.