

Get out of your comfort zone and learn from your mistakes Be comfortable with who you are – you can't be a champion until you're happy being you!

It will show you how to be the very BEST that you can be. Written with journalist Carl Anka, You Are a Champion is packed full of stories from Marcus’s own life, brilliant advice and top-tips from performance psychologist Katie Warriner. Now the nation's favourite footballer wants to show YOU how to achieve your dreams, in this positive and inspiring guide for life. 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. Each chapter ends with some ‘Action Points’ – activities to help the reader think about what their skills are, what they want to achieve, and what they can do to get there, as well as tips for dealing with self-confidence issues and anxiety.Īn invaluable read for older readers as well as young football fans, this is a wry, moving, and memorable book for finding your way in the world.I want to show you how you can be a champion in almost anything you put your mind to. Each page is filled with positive affirmations, encouragement, and reminders to always view ‘failures’ as temporary setbacks, to learn from mistakes, and to never listen to anyone who says you can’t do something because of where you’re from. With a straightforward and likeable tone and stylish black illustrations, this is the ultimate guide to making your own destiny on your terms. He talks candidly about growing up in awe of his football-mad brother in Manchester, struggling at school and the life lessons he learned from his Nanna as well as what he learned on his incredible journey from playing after-school football to becoming one of the star players on the England team and a role model for millions of children everywhere. In this gentle and encouraging book, co-written by journalist Carl Anka, Marcus assures young fans that anything is possible with hard work, good friends, and a positive attitude. Marcus Rashford is arguably England’s best-loved footballer not only for his amazing talent on the pitch, but also for his tireless activism fighting for the rights of children in the UK to receive free school meals over lockdown – which led to a government policy U-turn.
