永远要黑白分明、百折不回。你的诚信必须要毋庸置疑。当一个人不需要付出代价或承担后果的时候，坚持做正确的事情并非难事。但当必须得放弃一些东西时，你就很难保持信用记录。要始终言而有信，不要为了自己的利益误导任何人。

在NBA站稳脚跟后，伤病随之跟来，一次被问及“你给伤愈后的自己打多少分”时，姚明笑道

We don't read and write poetry because it's cute,We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race，And the human race is filled with passion，Medicine,law,business,engineering,these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life，But poetry...beauty,romance,love...these are what we stay alive for，To quote from Whitman,“O me，O life， of the questions of these recurring，of the endless trains of the faithless，of cities filled with the foolish，what good amid these,O me,O life?”Answer.That you are here,that life exists and identity,that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse， That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.

We don't just make music, we create memories.

世上所有的鸡蛋去碰石头，石头也会依然如故，不会被毁坏。

——《在东京中国留学生欢迎大会的演说》（1905年8月13日）

我喜欢做一个自由的灵魂。有些人不喜欢这样，但这就是我。