Live Bar, June 4 -before that, Yi Jianlian attended the opening ceremony of Yi Jianlian building in Nike Group’s Greater China headquarters Park. Later, Yi Jianlian accepted Yang Yi’s interview.
Yang Yi: When you look back on your career, are you more satisfied or regret?
Yi Jianlian: I can’t say that I am a great player. Since I started playing, I can meet many great players and see many great players around me. I always learn a lot from them. You just said that you won a lot of games. In fact, I also said before that I lost a lot of games and many injuries before winning the games, I think this kind of (experience) is inseparable from the whole career. And this kind of injury and failure, frustrated to win, I think it is a puzzle of the whole career, it is impossible to be smooth, not Jordan, not retired with the championship. Jordan won six championships and never lost in the NBA Finals. After all, I didn’t reach his level.
Since entering the national team, I played the first Olympic Games in 2004. I was the youngest player at that time. It was very difficult to keep up with them (national team teammates) because everyone was very experienced. Including international competitions, from attack to defense, the concept of each position will be much better than mine. I didn’t even play Asian Games at that time. I had to face such an international competition for the first time. To keep up with these players, I was very lucky to meet some good predecessors, take me through this experience. Therefore, it was very important for my growth at that time.