![]() ![]() In 2014, Robbins joined a group of investors to acquire rights to launch a Major League Soccer franchise in Los Angeles referred to as the Los Angeles Football Club. A spokeswoman for the Robbins organization stated, "Someone unfamiliar with the process of the fire-walk called 911 reporting the need for emergency service vehicles there was no need for emergency personnel only 5 of 7,000 participants requested an examination beyond what was readily available on site." On June 24, 2016, it was reported that "dozens were burned and required medical attention after attempting to walk on hot coals during a fire-walking event at a Tony Robbins seminar in Dallas, Texas". Aspects of these reports were later challenged by Robbins himself along with some of the on-site medical professionals. This story was picked up by other media outlets, including Fox News, The New York Times, and CNN. In July 2012, the San Jose Mercury News published a story reporting that several people had been burned and hospitalized during one of Robbins's fire-walking events on July 19, 2012. In April 2012, Robbins began cohosting Oprah's Lifeclass on the OWN Network. ![]() In March 2012, the OWN Network picked up the show for another season beginning with the original first season set to re-run and thereafter leading directly into the new 2012 season. NBC canceled the show after airing two of the planned six episodes due to low viewership of 2.8 million. In July 2010, NBC debuted Breakthrough with Tony Robbins, a reality show that followed Robbins as he helped the show's participants face their personal challenges. He subsequently learned to firewalk and incorporated it into his seminars. Robbins began promoting seminars for motivational speaker and author Jim Rohn when he was 17 years old. One day he asked his landlord, a family friend, how he became so successful, and the landlord told him that he started to turn his life around after attending a Jim Rohn seminar. He later worked as a janitor, and did not attend college. When he was 17, he left home and never returned. ![]() He has said his home life was "chaotic" and "abusive". During high school, he grew 10 inches (25 cm) in one year, a growth spurt later attributed to a pituitary tumor. His mother remarried several times, including a marriage with Jim Robbins, a former semi-professional baseball player who legally adopted Anthony when he was 12. He is of Croatian descent from both sides of his family. The eldest of three children, his parents divorced when he was seven. Mahavoric in North Hollywood, California on February 29, 1960. He is known for his infomercials, seminars, and self-help books including the books Unlimited Power and Awaken the Giant Within. Anthony Jay Robbins ( né Mahavoric, born February 29, 1960) is an American author, coach and speaker. ![]()
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