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| Akbar Gbajabiamila, Author |
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| |  | About the BookOther Formats Akbar Gbajabiamila, the host of NBC’s hit Emmy-nominated show, American Ninja Warrior, did not have an easy path to success. One of seven children by Nigerian immigrant parents, he grew up in the Crenshaw district of South Central Los Angeles during the 1980s and ’90s, a time when the neighborhood was fraught with riots and gang violence. With dreams of playing professional basketball, Gbajabiamila found success not in the sport he loved, but in football. Late in his high school career, Gbajabiamila suited up with pads for the first time and was thrown into the complex sport of football. He climbed major hurdles to play college football and then professional football. After playing in the NFL, it was only after years of hard work behind-the-scenes in radio and television that he was offered the job to be the host of American Ninja Warrior.
Through his own inspirational underdog stories and interviews with modern-day ninjas who have accomplished extraordinary things in their own lives against the odds, Akbar proves in Everyone Can Be a Ninja that it doesn’t matter if you make it through every step of the obstacle course on the first try. Ninjas keep pushing themselves until they reach their goals, and they don’t let anyone or anything stand in their way.
It is easy to see greatness in others; it’s hard to see it in ourselves. Everyone Can Be a Ninja shows you that we can fulfill our potential and achieve our dreams by finding our inner warriors.
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| "Akbar’s enormous heart and honesty shine through on every page of this book. He not only reminds us that anything is possible with hard work and a positive attitude — he goes one step further to show how it’s done. This is a book to inspire the warrior inside all of us." —Michael J. Fox
“Fans will enjoy finding that Gbajabiamila’s enthusiasm and witty storytelling work well on the page, and everyone will be moved by how he shares the limelight with contestants who tell their inspiring tales and by his axiom, ‘Impossible is just an opinion, and opinions mean nothing.’” –Booklist
“It really is awesome working with Akbar—someone who knows what it’s like to perform at the highest level—and he’s also got that workman’s mentality packed in his lunchbox. He’s one of the hardest workers I’ve ever met.”—Matt Iseman, comedian, actor, and cohost of American Ninja Warrior
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| Akbar Gbajabiamila is the host of NBC’s Emmy nominated, heart-racing obstacle course competition series American Ninja Warrior. He also hosts Universal Kids’s spin off show, American Ninja Warrior Junior as well as NFL Networks’ highest rated show NFL Fantasy Live. He is also NBC’s face of Red Nose Day 2018. He completed the Executive Certification Entrepreneurial Program from Wharton School of Business. He has appeared countless times on the TODAY show, Rachael Ray, Good Morning Football, Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, Extra!, and more.
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