While on tour through the Philippines Kobe Bryant told reporters that his Achilles tendon tear is healing well.

"My tendon feels really really good. I was really lucky" said Bryant who was in Manila to promote a product. A video of Bryant's question and answer session was posted on YouTube.

Bryant tore his Achilles on April 12 and underwent surgery the following day. He credited his trainers for the success of his recovery.

"The trainers go with me everywhere. Family vacations business trips -- they're there all the time" he said.

It was previously reported that Bryant was ahead of schedule in coming back from the surgery and that he's "shattered" the timetable that would traditionally be associated with such an injury of that magnitude.

"We don't know" Bryant told the gathered reporters. "That's the thing about this injury is that the surgical procedure was different how we did it was different. Because of that the recovery has been different the timetable has been different the normal timetable for recovering from an Achilles we've shattered that. Three-and-a-half months I can already walk just fine I am lifting weight just fine. So we don't know what that timetable is going to be this is new territory for us all."

Bryant added:

"The surgical procedure was different [...] and because of that the recovery has been different," Bryant said in the southern city of Shenzhen. "The normal timetable for recovery from an Achilles, we've shattered that. Three-and-a-half months I can already walk just fine, I'm lifting weights with the Achilles just fine and that's different. So we don't know what that timetable is going to be. It's kind of new territory for us all."

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