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PAT CROCE
Subjects
motivation
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Pat Croce graced the cover of Success magazine as the first
person to ascend from the training room to the boardroom of a
professional sports team. His remarkable success as a physical
therapist and pioneer in the sports medicine field to the colorful
leader responsible for the resurrection of the Philadelphia 76ers as
a NBA championship contender has been defined as one of the most
amazing stories in sports history.
Through his business savvy, dynamic personality, and emphasis on
customer service, Croce created Sports Physical Therapists, a sports
medicine empire of 40 centers in 11 states, into a top-ten finalist
for the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
Following the sale of his company, Croce focused his entrepreneurial
spirit and indestructible positive attitude on the purchase of the
NBA’s last place team, the Philadelphia 76ers in 1996. During his
5-year tenure as President, the team rose from worse to first in the
NBA standings and broke franchise records in attendance, revenue,
merchandise, and consecutive wins on the way to the NBA
Championships against the Los Angeles Lakers in 2001.
Croce next tackled television as a
lively commentator
on the NBA on NBC, a Tae Kwon Do commentator for the Summer
Olympic Games 2004 in Greece (Croce is a 4th degree Black
Belt), and during that same year hosted a nationally syndicated
daily TV show Pat Croce: Moving In for Sony Pictures
Television. His most recent role was as a panel judge on ABC’s hit
show American Inventor.
Croce continues to fill requests as a nationally-renowned
motivational speaker, and is the author of the New York Times
bestseller, I Feel Great and You Will Too!, the motivational
tome 110%, and the business book Lead or Get Off the Pot!
He also authored two books that delve into his passion for pirates -
Pirate Soul: A Swashbuckling Journey through the Golden Age of
Pirates, and the children’s picture book,
My Pop-Pop is a Pirate.
Croce was the proud recipient of the “Entrepreneur of the Year”
Award and was featured on the cover of Inc magazine as “The
Dale Carnegie of the 21st Century.” He continues to
thrive as a serial entrepreneur with controlling interests in the
Pirate Soul Museum and the Rum Barrel restaurant/bar in Key West. He
has a variety of angel investments in the fields of entertainment,
technology, and e-commerce. And most importantly, he invests a huge
chunk of his charismatic energy in a variety of community
initiatives.
Topics
Achieve The Impossible
Negotiating For Success
10 Commandments of Customer Service
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