<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">At the press release for the Shanghai Special Olympics 2007 commercial, held in Beijing at the Millennium Monument, the figure of Chinese basketball legend Yao Ming appeared. The Shanghai native, still recovering from a foot injury, is an ambassador for the Shanghai Special Olympics. He presented a pair of sports shoes to one athlete on the stage, saying with a smile, " hope you run faster in them!" It is not the first time Yao has attended a community event. The "Yao brand" has come to encompass more than Yao's skills, salary, disposition and conversational style. Yao has achieved incredible sporting and commercial success, and has an outstanding reputation both in China and around the world. People no longer regard him as simply as sportsman.</div> Link
