Tim Grover
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Tim Singh Grover (born November 1, 1964){{Cite web|title=Grover, Tim, 1964-|url=https://id.ndl.go.jp/auth/ndlna/00860901|access-date=26 June 2024|website=National Diet Library}} is a businessman, motivational speaker, personal trainer, and owner of Attack Athletics.{{Cite web|title=Michael Jordan's trainer Tim Grover confirms true ailment behind 'Flu Game'|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/bulls/michael-jordans-trainer-tim-grover-confirms-true-ailment-behind-flu-game|last=Schaefer|first=Rob|date=May 24, 2020|website=NBC Sports|access-date=}} Grover is recognized as the trainer to some of the most elite, iconic athletes in the world, including the late Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade and Michael Jordan.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}
Early life
Tim's parents are from India. They moved to London once they were married. Tim and his brother were born in London. Tim's mother was a hospital nurse, and she decided to work in the United States because she wanted a better life for their children.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}} She lived alone in Chicago for a year until they had enough money for the rest of the family to join her. Tim moved to Chicago when he was four years old. His father took up a job in her hospital's basement dealing with corpses.
Biography
Grover has a BS and MS in Kinesiology from the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Tim Grover|url=https://ahs.uic.edu/alumni/news/ahs-alumni-awards/alumni-award-recipients/tim-grover/|access-date=12 August 2020|website=AHS}}
In 2010, UIC gave Grover a Lifetime Achievement Award; he was later inducted into the UIC Hall of Fame.
In 2018, he was the recipient of the AHS Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award.{{Cite web|title=Tim Grover|url=https://ahs.uic.edu/alumni/news/ahs-alumni-awards/alumni-award-recipients/tim-grover/|last=|first=|date=May 24, 2020|website=AHS.UIC.EDU|access-date=}}
In 2020, Grover was featured in ESPN’s 10-episode biopic documentary about Jordan and the Chicago Bulls during their 1997-1998 Championship title season, entitled The Last Dance.
Publications
- Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable
- Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness
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