Jim Abbott

 About

  • Jim talks about how individuals must adapt and mold themselves to meet the obstacles of change.
  • Audiences leave inspired by Jim's story of how he used his ADAPT framework to become a professional athlete.
  • Born without a right hand, Jim Abbott is a former MLB pitcher who led Team USA to a Gold Medal in the 1988 Olympics. 
  • Past clients include: Toshiba, Lucent Technologies, Fosters Freeze, Lason Inc., and Prudential.

About Jim Abbott - Former Major League Baseball Pitcher & Gold Medal Winner in the 1988 Olympics:

Born without a right hand, Jim Abbott is a former MLB pitcher who led Team USA to a Gold Medal in the 1988 Olympics. He was an All-America hurler at Michigan and won the Sullivan Award in 1987. Jim threw a 4-0 no-hitter for the New York Yankees versus Cleveland on September 4, 1993. He played for 10 seasons on 4 different teams and ended his big league playing career in 1999.

Abbott has worked with The Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) on several initiatives encouraging businesses to hire people with disabilities.

Today, in addition to often being a Guest Pitching Instructor during Spring Training for the Los Angeles Angels, Jim Abbott is a motivational speaker who shares his incredible story of overcoming adversity and achieving ultimate goal.

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What Jim Abbott Talks About:

ADAPT: Overcoming Adversity
To continue to move towards our goals we must be willing to adapt. To change, and mold ourselves in order to meet the obstacles in our own way. Using ADAPT as an acronym you can put together a powerful set of words that stand alone in their significance, but they also string together like a chain in an amazing way.

  • A – Adjustability
  • D – Determination
  • A – Accountability
  • P – Perseverance
  • T – Trust

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