Rockets center Yao Ming will consider quitting basketball after the 2010-11 season if he doesn't fully recover from a lingering foot injury.

He sounded far from optimistic about his future in comments made to Chinese state media on Monday.

"If the foot injury does not heal next season, I might choose to call it quits," Yao said.

He is entering the final season of his current contract with Houston and recently became a father.

Yao missed last season following foot surgery.