John Amaechi OBE, is a human rights advocate, psychologist, New York Times best-selling author, and former NBA player. Amaechi is a frequent speaker on issues of identity and inclusion. In his 2007 New York Times bestselling book Man in the Middle, Amaechi chronicled his life and work, providing distinct lessons to anyone ever told that they were not capable of doing great things. The most important theme Amaechi hoped to illustrate through his personal story of struggle and triumph was that