What do you know about them
Yao Ming was born in China in 1980. Now the big man from China is playing basketball in the NBA. He is the son of two great basketball players and learned how to play basketball when he was young. Now, as one of the stars in the NBA, he is working hard to make his dream come true. It shows that Chinese basketball players love this too and can play it well.
Pele is a football player as everyone knows. He was born in Brazil (巴西) in 1940. He started playing football when he was only 16. Pele came from a poor family and started playing football in the street. But soon he became a famous star.
Steffi Graf was born in Germany in 1969. She won the tennis semi-final (半决赛) at Wimbledon in 1985 when she was only 16. But she lost to Martina Navratilova in the final (决赛). People thought she was a genius. She won most of the main matches. Pele played football in the street all his life.