Akbar Gbajabiamila
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
How was it?
It was great.
Did you win?
I hit the buzzer.
I hit the buzzer, and it was one of the most gratifying things that I'd ever done in all of my sports career because I had to overcome so much fear because I didn't want to be a fraud.
I didn't want to be like the guy who was just a former NFL guy who got into the host booth and could never do what the athletes did.
I'm like, wait.
If I'm an athlete, I need to prove my athleticism.
You don't see a lot of ninjas my size.
I cut down 13 pounds.
I trained my butt off.
I did two-a-days.
I took a little bit of that football mentality.
I did two-a-days.
Ninja gym, weight room.
Ninja gym, weight room.
Double up on ninja.
And I did that enough to where I was able to hit a buzzer.
And this season coming up, one of the young ninjas asked me, he's like, hey.
Would you do it again?