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Beijing 2022 Olympics ambassador Yao Ming -- who used to play for the Houston Rockets in the NBA -- discusses the Chinese capital's bid to host the Winter Olympic Games after Friday's vote.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Yao Ming, Beijing 2022 Olympic bid team ambassador

"It's wonderful, it's very exciting and I think everyone did an excellent job to explain our idea, our dream and our promise."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Yao Ming, Beijing 2022 Olympic bid team ambassador

"I feel good about it and I hope that the IOC members felt the same way, I am pretty confident about the bid."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Yao Ming, Beijing 2022 Olympic bid team member

"It's definitely a new territory for me. When I was walking into that room I found myself the similar feeling, like the first time I was walking into either NBA court or the Olympic opening ceremony, yeah, very similar thing."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Yao Ming, Beijing 2022 Olympic bid team ambassador

"If we win? That's another journey about to start. If we do win, I think first of all we have to get ourselves to reset of our clock about everything about 2022. We know that it is not an easy one, but we have full confidence to deliver every expectation and promises we made before."