I want to take this opportunity to express my thanks to friends from the media, to my sponsors and partners, from whom I have learned a lot, and to my dear fans, whether you like me or not, whether you are Chinese or foreigners. The care from all of you gives me enough confidence and your criticism helps me improve myself.
我还感谢常年关注我的新闻界的朋友们，感谢赞助商和合作伙伴，和你们交往使我受益匪浅，还有各类的球迷朋友们，不管是黑还是绿，不管是国内的还是国外的，感谢所有关注我的朋友，大家的关心使我获得足够的信心和勇气，大家的批评使我修正了缺点了不足。

All of you, whether I have mentioned above or not, will be in my heart. In a word, I want to say thank you to my family and friends for your company all these years. I will continue to be the best I can be and continue to be with you all.
今天提到的和没提到的，你们每个人都在我心里，总而言之，我感谢所有的亲人和朋友多年来的陪伴，我会继续做好我自己，不会离开大家！

Yao Ming will always be with you, my dear friends, thank you !
姚明和朋友们永远在一起，谢谢大家！

Finally, I will express my gratitude to the great and progressive era, in which I have a chance to make my dream come true and show my value. Once I said when my basketball career ended, it was just a comma rather than a full stop. Now the day comes, but I don’t leave basketball, my life is still continuing. I am still myself, Yao Ming. There are a lot of things for me to do and it is far too early to say goodbye. I wish you all a healthy and happy life. I wish my hometown Shanghai, second hometown Houston, my great motherland and I wish basketball a bright future. Thank you very much!
最后要感谢这个伟大进步的时代，使我有机会去实现自己的梦想和价值，我曾经说过有一天我的职业篮球生涯结束了，我希望它只是逗号，不是句号，今天这一天终于到来了，但是我没有离开心爱的篮球，我的生活还再继续，我还是姚明。我还有很多事情可以做，远远没有达到划上句号的那一天，祝朋友们健康快乐，祝福我的家乡上海，第二故乡休斯敦，我们伟大的祖国，让我们热爱的篮球运动拥有更加美好的明天。谢谢大家！