Yao Ming will always be one of the NBA’s all-time greats and an international super star. He was inducted into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016 and his next goal was to finally graduate from college.
Ming had been enrolled at Shanghai Jiao Tong University since 2011. He was majoring in economics. He has now finally graduated and spoke to his fellow class about the difficulties in reaching this accomplishment all while throwing some jokes in about it.
“Let me quote a famous conversation that happened on a basketball court 11 years ago, ‘This is going to be your league in a little while,” said Ming. “Trust me, when a man spends 7 years in university to graduate at age 38, he knows what he’s talking about!” (Via CGTN)
Ming also revealed that dropping out was something that he considered a lot due to the difficulties of the math classes he was in. That’s definitely something that all of us can relate to.