- Title: CHINA: BASKETBALL - NBA star Kobe Bryant visits Beijing
- Date: 27th July 2010
- Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (JULY 26, 2010) (REUTERS) ( ** BEWARE OF FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **) NBA PLAYER KOBE BRYANT HOLDING MICROPHONE AND WAVING CHINESE FANS WAVING KOBE SITTING ON SOFA WITH TWO ANCHORS FANS STANDING AND SCREAMING (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) NBA PLAYER LOS ANGELES LAKERS GUARD KOBE BRYANT SAYING: "But I am gonna say this year's finals was all about, like a revenge finals. Because now we were facing a team that beat you two years ago and it was like we have to prove to ourselves and everbody else that we deserved to be the champions. And you know, that's why it was the special." CHAT SHOW IN PROGRESS KOBE SMILING KOBE STANDING WITH FAN AND HOLDING A PAIR OF SIGNED SHOES FANS HOLDING LA LAKERS SINGLETS KOBE HUGGING FAN FANS HOLD KOBE POSTERS (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) NBA PLAYER AND LOS ANGELES LAKERS GUARD KOBE BRYANT SAYING: "The only that is important and the only thing that matters is that you believe in yourself. What anybody else says makes no difference to you at all. That's how I look at it. And I practice all the time as you do now, you practice all the time. all the time, all the time. So now when the game comes, you don't have to think about it. It just, you know, it just happens." KOBE IMPRINTING HIS HAND FANS WATCHING KOBE SIGNING HIS AUTOGRAPH ON BOARD KOBE HOLDING BOARD WITH HIS PALM PRINT AND SIGNATURE CHAT SHOW IN PROGRESS FANS WAVING KOBE STANDING ON STAGE WHILE FANS WAVING KOBE THROWING A BASKETBALL WITH HIS SIGNATURE ON IT INTO THE CROWD
- Embargoed: 11th August 2010 11:43
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- Location: China
- Country: China
- Topics: Sport
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- Story Text: NBA star Kobe Bryant got the chance to see first hand how popular he is in China on Monday (July 26), making a special appearance in Beijing.
The Los Angeles Lakers guard, a five time NBA champion, took part in an on-stage chat show in the capital's Century Theatre. Some 1600 basketball fans packed the theatre while thousands of others waited outside, hoping to catch a glimpse of their hero.
Beijing was the first stop on Bryant's 2010 Tour of China, with another four cities to visit.
In the one-hour chat show, Kobe shared many of his experiences and admitted the most difficult and unforgettable championship of the five he has won, was the recent battle with the Boston Celtics.
"This year's finals was all about, was like a revenge finals," Kobe told the gathered crowd.
"Because now we were facing a team that beat you two years ago and it was like we have to prove to ourselves and everbody else that we deserved to be the champions.
"That's why I said it was the most special."
A young Chinese basketball player, who used to attend Kobe training camp, sat next to his idol and asked Kobe his key to success.
"The only that is important and the only thing that matters is that you believe in yourself," Bryant told him.
"What anybody else says makes no difference to you at all. That's how I look at it.
"And I practice all the time as you do now, you practice all the time. all the time, all the time. So now when the game comes, you don't have to think about it. It just, you know, it just happens." - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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