At first I was very skeptical, you know you had a chance to get to know somebody and everyone puts on their good face at the beginning. After the period of time, you see their true color. You see the good and you see the not so good. It didn’t long for me to realize how she is and her character and her attitude and who she is genuine and somebody that I can not only trust but somebody who I want to spend the rest of my life with and grow old with and communicate with that I don’t have reservation. I don’t think that is very easy to find. I’ve had opportunities to encourage single people. For many of them, they are waiting for the right person. It is important to take that time to make sure that you are that right person. There are a lot of things that you can do with your time. As a single person, you have the freedom to do different things and go different places. You should cherish that time. When the right person comes along, then you will know. Then, it becomes very sweet.
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| SAN FRANCISCO - Former world tennis champion and first Chinese tennis champion Michael Chang and his newly wed Amber Liu shared their joyful life of marriage at the press conference hosted by Prince of Peace Corporation on Nov. 21. |
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Q: Can you share more about how while you’ve found out that Amber is the true love that God assigned you?
Chang: I think there are many things that you look for. One of the first things for me is that I’m constantly seeking for God’s wisdom. I’m constantly asking for guidance and asking him to show me good things and not so good things so that I basically have a very clear picture of what the situation really is and what it is that I’m getting into.
That could be applied to other aspects as well when you are seeking God’s guidance for picking your future wife. This one in particular obviously my family played a very crucial role. I will ask their opinions and thoughts and what they see, because my two sets of eyes can be biased. I’m going to see more good things. They may see things that are different than I do. I’m going to trust their opinion because they see good things differently but they know me very well. My mom and my dad and Carl and Diana and very close friends that are around me, they are going to see things that are unique and I want to be able to have their opinions and their thoughts. It was important to bring amber around to allow them a chance to get to know her for her and also important for her to get to know my family. These are people who she is going to spend a lot of time around with and it is important for her to feel comfortable and feel loved and accepted and as well as me for her family and all of those things. And also know that you have God’s peace and thoughts. You weigh things as far as you know are really important and cannot compromise on and over a period a time you start to be able to see things. I think time is the true sensitive of what is real.
Q: Do you have any plan to hold charity competition with other couples?
Chang: To be honest with you, I don’t think anybody else can beat us. I think tennis wise I don’t see that happening.
Audience: Be humble, Michael.
(Crowd Laughs)
Chang: I take that back we might have trouble with Andre and Stefi. We’ve done something through our Chang Family Foundation. As far as charity-wise, we may do something in the future, don’t have anything on the calendar, nor have we thought too much about that. The stuff with our Chang Family Foundation takes out a fair amount of time. We’ve tried to use basketball, volleyball, and tennis to outreach to the community and obviously tennis takes up a special plate because we’re so involved in sports and certain things about tennis that they wouldn’t necessary be able to learn from the recreational side.
Q: If you two disagree on something, then who usually would compromise?
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