Kobe visits Manila in opening stop on Asian tour
By Oliver Teves
Despite a recession and rising unemployment in the United States, Kobe Bryant believes Americans will keep paying to go to basketball games. He says the sacrifices by fans makes him try harder.
“(I) get my heart out there in the court to play because this may be the first time or the last time that a kid or a family ever comes to watch us play or perform,” he said Tuesday.
Bryant, who led the Los Angeles Lakers to the NBA le last month, was greeted by about 1,000 fans on the first stop of an Asian tour to promote a new shoe. He will also visit Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Shanghai and Chengdu in China.
Bryant said he wants to be remembered as someone who enjoys a good time and loves basketball.
“But when you step into that basketball court, then it becomes business, then it becomes hard work, focus and drive and everything else,” he said. “We focus on one thing and one thing only, and that’s playing the game.”
Bryant, who grew up in Italy, was making his third visit to the Philippines. He said the country is “like a home away from home.”
“I love it here,” he said. “I am welcomed with open arms. They treat me like family.”
At one point, Bryant took off his shoes and autographed them. He gave the right shoe to a man and his son and the left to a girl who had yelled, “I love you, Kobe.”
An aide handed him another pair before he left for a basketball clinic in suburban Pasig.
“They love the game, and I love being around their energy,” Bryant said. “It takes me back to when I was a kid.”
“(I) get my heart out there in the court to play because this may be the first time or the last time that a kid or a family ever comes to watch us play or perform,” ..
Right .. I'm sure that's what he thinks. By saying that, he must think people are idiots.
This was after the ESPYs? Does Kobe have time for himself even in the offseason.. he seems to love bball so much.
That's a moot point because for Kobe it's ALL about himself anyway.
i remember him as the guy who went to denver and show this girl what round n brown is
a photo with Pacquiao would be cool
Mabuhay, Kobe!
(also Thailand for some ass action with a 9-year-old)
I think both of them are doing a commercial on something, actually.a photo with Pacquiao would be cool
dude has drawn huge red circles on his map around Bangkok and Phucket
hopefully his team of lawyers is traveling with him. Just in case...
White girls across America can breath a sigh of relief, for a little while anyway.
Kobe eats babies
No..he rapes babies.
He eats the Spurs.
in other news... Sexual Assaults in the LA metro area drop 60%
Damn, that Mackey girl was a pistol, eh?hopefully his team of lawyers is traveling with him. Just in case...
tee, hee.
Holee crap. You guys REALLY hate Kobe here, dont you? Wow.
Everything was goin' along hunky & dory and then all the sudden, Garnett fell, couldn't get back up, the Mavs beat the Spurs senseless 4-1, Kobe got straightened out in Florida and Spurs fandom went to pieces.Holee crap. You guys REALLY hate Kobe here, dont you? Wow.
It was just awful.
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