You Are a Champion: How to Be the Best You Can Be

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By Marcus Rashford, Carl Anka, and and, Katie Warriner
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I want to show you how you can be a champion in almost anything you put your mind to.
Marcus Rashford MBE is famous worldwide for his skills both on and off the pitch – but before he was a Manchester United and England footballer, and long before he started his inspiring campaign to end child food poverty, he was just an ordinary kid from Wythenshawe, South Manchester. Now the nation’s favourite footballer wants to show YOU how to achieve your dreams, in this positive and inspiring guide for life.
Written with journalist Carl Anka, You Are a Champion is packed full of stories from Marcus’s own life, plus brilliant advice and top-tips from performance psychologist Katie Warriner. It will show you how to be the very BEST that you can be.
It shows kids how to:
- Be comfortable with who you are – you can’t be a champion until you’re happy being you!
- Dream big
- Practise like a champion
- Get out of your comfort zone and learn from your mistakes
- Navigate adversity in a positive way
- Find your team
- Use your voice and stand up for others
- Never stop learning
With an afterword by Tim S. Grover, trainer and mentor to Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan.
A book that unlocks the joy of reading:
From parents on social media:
‘My 8 year old decided to finally read a book that wasn’t school related.’
‘Thank you for inspiring young readers.’
‘Hates reading but bought his first book today.’
Reviews
It is a really good and cool book
my fave
It was an excellent book telling you about how to be a champion. Marcus says that you need to persevere and have confidence no matter what you are doing. It is a therapeutic book for me and I really got into it and read it in one session.
It was an excellent book telling you about how to be a champion. Marcus says that you need to persevere and have confidence no matter what you are doing. It is a therapeutic book for me and I really got into it and read it in one session.
it was a good book if you like football ( Which I don't like as much as tennis) It was very motivating and inspiring it made me a better person. I would recommend this.
Told me a lot of stuff about him that I didn’t already know. Amazing.
Amazing such a great read so inspirational!
Amazing book
I really liked how motivational it was. I enjoyed the sayings and how to be passionate.
I really enjoyed learning about Marcus Rashford’s life.
It was fun to read this book and it was shocking.
I adore this book.It teaches me that even if u fail you can always try again.You. can always learn from your mistakes.I teaches me that i am in one competition with myself.Its a life changing book to me.It changes the way I feel about myself.
I absolutely adored this book as it teaches you that even if you fail you can always try again and learn from your mistakes. It teaches you that you are only in competition with yourself and that you can improve that past self of yours. It's a life-changing book and inspires and encourages you to be a champion and to be the best that you can be.
I liked that Marcus rashford tries to inspire us! I would recommend it a lot !
He is inspirational because he is saying get better at what you want to do and be the best that you can be.
I would recommend it to someone else.
I have been struggling a lot with my confidence and this book has really helped me. Marcus speaks about believing in yourself and learning to understand your strengths and embracing them.
I enjoyed reading this book and understanding how i can make myself a better person.
I am not interested in football but I'd seen Marcus in the news getting his MBE and he seems genuinely to want to do good, and like a great role model for children. So I was keen to read his inspirational book You Are A Champion.
Early on in the book Marcus tells us about himself growing up and remembers playing football with his brother or more importantly times when he was not able to. Rather than complaining he explains why, in a way children would understand, you can't always do what you want. The older boys were rough, and wearing football boots which meant he would be hurt. He explains how it made him feel frustrated, and how someone in this situation might end up comparing themselves to other people when things aren't going the way you want them to.
His great advice is
You can only be the best version of you can be.
You are a champion at being you.
The book looks at lots of ways to feel positive about different challenges.
I would recommend Marcus's book for anyone about 9 or over. I think it would be ideal for teenagers too. It's not particularly long but it has a big message. It's a great read. Remember take pride in the journey and the most difficult roads will lead you to the most beautiful destinations.
This book is about how to achieve your dreams. It also tells you to believe in yourself and the importance of practicing. You need to work hard and be confident! You can be the next champion!
I really enjoyed this book because it helps you reach your dreams. I highly recommend it to all children from 8 to 15. My favorite part is when he talks about his journey to becoming a professional footballer. It inspired me a bit as I also want to become a football player!
This was an amazing book. I loved it and it gave me a boost of confidence. It taught me how to accept failure and carry on trying.
This book is very inspirational and taught me many wonderful phrases and quotes!
It did teach me how to be the best I can be!
I recommend it to someone else who likes learning how to be the best they can be and learning about someone else's inspirational story and life!
I liked learning about what we can do to help ourselves
I recommed it to footballers
This book is great for anyone who wants to be a footballer. It gives you hints and tips as well as telling you Marcus’s story!
i like this book because it motivated me to become a better football player and i really want become a professional football player and play for arsenal.
this is an amazing book it teaches you to never give up it was non-fiction as it told you stories about himself :)
This book gives you small, but effective tips on how be the best you can be in life. I really enjoyed this and it has won some awards. Hopefully others will enjoy it like I did too.
This is a non fiction book all about being the best you can be and how gto reach your potential.
I haven't read a book like this before but it was really god.
I would recemmond it because it is very inspirational.
I never knew footballers made. A BOOK
I liked this book as it is a good book to give you advice to stand up for yourself and be confident in your own skin. It interested me lots because I loved reading all of Marcus Rashfords stories in his childhood and I bet anyone could laugh at a few of them!
I would recommend it to anyone who loves good advice of loving yourself when times are hard!
I love this book especially about his nana with the porridge
This book was very inspiring and taught me a lot of lessons about believing in yourself. It interested me because I am a little bit like Marcus himself and knowing that he could do it makes me feel like I can do it. I would recommend it to people that feel down about themselves.