23 Jun Kyle Maynard
Speaker: Kyle Maynard
Inspirational Athlete, Author of New York Times Best-Seller No Excuses, and Entrepreneur
Topics:
- No Excuses
Kyle Maynard is a congenital amputee, ESPY Award winner, and the first quadruple amputee to climb Mount Kilimanjaro without prosthetics. He speaks on overcoming adversity, the no-excuses mindset, and achieving the impossible, proving that limitations exist only in the mind. Kyle’s story of wrestling, entrepreneurship, and mountaineering has inspired millions to push beyond their perceived limits.
Despite being born with arms that end at the elbows and legs near the knees, keynote speaker Kyle Maynard has wrestled for one of the best teams in the Southeast, set records in weightlifting, fought in mixed martial arts, and most recently became the first man to crawl on his own to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa.
His story has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, ESPN’s Sportscenter, HBO’s Real Sports, ABC’s 20/20 and Good Morning America, and as a cover story in USA Today. He continues to inspire as the author of his book, No Excuses (2005), a New York Times bestseller.
As a speaker Kyle Maynard’s No Excuses keynote is teaching audiences around the world that there are no worthy excuses. No matter how challenging your difficulties may seem, everyone has the ability to overcome; Kyle will show you how.
No Excuses
Mixing humor and hard truths, Kyle understands what it takes to teach any audience to persevere, even when you`re hit with setbacks. We all have things in life we wish we`d do something about, instead of continuing to hesitate. Hearing Maynard may be what finally makes you act!
