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Akbar Gbajabiamila

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887 total appearances

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We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

He's somebody.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

Someone who is comfortable in their own skin.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

Let's talk about, um, brain injuries in the NFL, because I just got done on, uh, Dr. Amen's podcast and he was on mine.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

We're running it now.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

And it's a great, it was fascinating.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

He's great.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

He's he's magnificent.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

You know, I learned a lot on, uh, uh, speaking to Dr. Amen, but.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

I was watching the NFL the other day and there's always that one guy and he's usually a wide receiver and he's usually in the slot, right?

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

Who's got the big fat helmet, the big fat helmet.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

Okay.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

Now I get it.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

you either have to make everybody wear that, right, or nobody wear it.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

Because if everyone's not wearing it, the one guy wearing it is getting grief, right?

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

Yeah, you play the game on the brink of disaster.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

I think everybody knows that is a combat sport.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

You can't legislate the violence out of football.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

I think the NFL, Roger Goodell in the NFL has done an amazing job really trying to take protective measures

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

to protect the football players the best they can but there's only a certain amount of protection you can give an nfl guy they've changed the kickoff rules and the length and the distance and all this other kind of stuff so in that respect yes but i think when you start talking about like brain injury uh there are a lot of things and this is not a deflective you know comment here in that there's so many other things we're doing in our lives that has impact on our mental health on our brain

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

I take, for instance, I present to you sugar.