Dr. Jenn Berman is a well known psychotherapist, sports psychology consultant, columnist, author, speaker, radio host, psychological expert on television and entrepreneur.

She began her clinical experience working for the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women (LACAAW) as a rape and battering hotline counselor, where she became certified in crisis counseling. She spent two years doing hotline counseling and in the process trained over 100 women to perform peer counseling. During that time she also did rape accompaniments, where she escorted women who had just been attacked to police stations and hospitals, and even stayed with them when they told family members that they had been raped. Prior to starting her own private practice, she counseled clients at the South Bay Center for Counseling and later at the Beverly Hills Community Clinic where she ultimately became the Associate Director.

Having made hundreds of television appearances as a psychological expert Dr. Jenn is a regular on The Early Show, The Today Show, Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell, Showbiz Tonight, and Prime News and has also done segments on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Extra, E! News, Dateline, and Fox News. She has been a host/cast member for shows on NBC, Fox, A&E, Style Network, Oxygen and many others. The doctor has appeared as a mental health authority on news, reality and talk shows both locally and nationally.

Dr. Jenn has been heard on hundreds of radio stations and currently hosts a live call in advice show on Sirius XM’s Cosmo radio night Monday through Friday. The show is replayed daily and can be heard five hours a night seven days a week. Prior to that, she spent a year co-hosting a nightly call-in advice show called “On the Couch” on Star 98.7 (KYSR), a Clear Channel station in Los Angeles. She has done fill-in hosting work on KFI and Sirius XM’s Playboy. Before that she hosted a live weekly segment on KEYT News (ABC/Santa Barbara) called “Ask Dr. Jenn” in which she spoke about current psychological issues and answered live questions from viewers.

Dr. Jenn is an accomplished author. Her newest book SuperBaby: 12 Ways You Can Give Your Child a head Start in the First 3 Years (Sterling Publishing) spent three weeks on the Los Angeles Times best seller list and her previous book The A to Z Guide to Raising Happy Confident Kids (New World Library) was also a LA Times best seller and won the Mom’s Choice Award in parenting and child development. Her first children’s book Rockin’ Babies (Sterling Publishing) will be released May 2011. Her monthly column, “Dr. Jenn,” is printed in Los Angeles Family Magazine and five other magazines and has been running since 2001. The column won the prestigious Parenting Publications of America award in parenting and child development. She is also on the Board of Advisors for Parents Magazine.

The doctor has been published in Parents Magazine, Baby Talk Magazine, Babble.com, Ladies Home Journal, PB&J Magazine, US Weekly online, EPregnancy, FoxNews.com, Show Circuit Magazine and many others. She has been interviewed by: the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Herald ,The Washington Post, the New York Post, Time, Cosmo Magazine, Glamour, In Style, Parents, Parenting, US Weekly, Life & Style , Star Magazine, OK!, Good Housekeeping, Pregnancy Magazine, Maxim, Marie Claire, Modern Bride, Newsday, The Fresno Bee, and many others.

Early on in Dr. Jenn’s career, while she was getting her Master’s degree, she coached gymnastics. As a former elite athlete and psychology student she was able to help athletes not only technically but psychologically as well. She knew how effective sports psychology was from her own experience. Although she spent five years on the United States Rhythmic Gymnastics National Team it was not until she started using sports psychology that she became a national champion. The first year she used her sports psychology techniques, some which she learned from books and others she created herself, that she went from 12th place on the national team to becoming the Junior National Champion, winning five gold medals out of five. This work enabled her to travel around the world as a member of the U.S. Rhythmic Gymnastics National Team as well as performing in the 1984 Olympics. She shared the sports psychology techniques she had found to be so effective with the athletes she coached. As a result of this work, she was invited to travel with the rhythmic gymnastics team to National Championships to act as an onsite sports psychology consultant. That led to the development of Psychological Edge sports psychology consulting.

As a result of this USA Gymnastics brought her on board to be a member of the USA Gymnastics Task Force on the Female Athlete Triad (eating disorders, amenorrhea, and osteoporosis), USA Gymnastics Health Care Summit for athlete wellness, and to do sports psychology for USA Gymnastics training camps. Around that time, she began doing work with performers in different areas including consulting for A Minor Consideration, an organization founded by child actor Paul Petersen to help the treatment and prevention of problems for child actors and athletes, past and present. She is also a member of the Actor’s Fund, which helps prevent substance abuse, eating disorders, and transitioning problems for young actors.

Dr. Jenn has a Bachelors in Mass Communications/Journalism, a Masters in Clinical Psychology, and a Doctorate in Psychology, specifically Marriage, Child, and Family therapy. Her dissertation, The Effects of an Eight Week Intuitive Eating Program on Eating Disordered Participants was the culmination of many years of clinical experience as an expert in the area of eating disorders.

Dr. Jenn has been given many honors. In 2010 she was given the Molina Literacy award for her work with literacy and early childhood development. That same year she was honored by the March of Dimes with the Community Award for her contributions to children and child development.

Dr. Jenn has now been in private practice for over a decade and has worked in the psychology field for almost two decades. People come to her for a variety of reasons, such as: relationship issues, parenting, eating disorders, substance abuse, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, trauma, and sexual abuse. She also sees a lot of performers and entertainment professionals dealing with creativity and performance issues. She does individual, couples, and family therapy and there are very few issues that she has not worked with in her clinical practice.

Dr. Jenn has an eco-friendly clothing line for adults and children called Retail Therapy. All the tees have positive “feel good” messages and are made of organic and recycled materials. The company motto is “Take care of yourself, take care of the world.”

Tia Norfleet, the multi-talented, beautiful 24 year old, is a Native of Suffolk, VA and daughter of 20 year veteran NASCAR driver, Bobby Norfleet. Tia started racing, under her father’s tutelage, at the age of 9 and has a true passion for the sport. In addition to Tia’s “NO FEAR” mentality, pundits state that she has a voice like that of Whitney Houston, but prefers singing country. Tia Norfleet boasts an impressive winning record racing cars. From 1995- 2000, Tia started racing go karts, with 22 top ten finishes, 6 top 5 finishes and 2 wins. She then moved up to the Bandoleros Series from 2000-2003, accumulating 3 top 10 finishes and 2 top 5 finishes. In 2004, Tia began racing in late model series with 18 starts and 2 top 15 place finishes. In the drag racing circuit, she has amassed an impressive 52 starts with 37 wins.

Tia has tested under NASCAR crew chief, Carl Long and has a dedicated team led by her father Bobby Norfleet. Off the track, Tia and her father volunteer in a number of programs together, including entrepreneurship for at risk youth. She is committed to an array of programs, including, but not limited to, the National African American Drug Policy Coalition and the Motorsports Institute, Inc. Tia promotes her literacy program called Driven to Read through her comic book and up coming cartoon series “Lil Tia”. Tia Norfleet is the “Goodwill Ambassador for The International Museum of Twenty-first Century Arts, (TIMOTCA), and will be guest speaker at the VIP reception for the encore presentation of TIMOTCA’s Art Beyond Borders Exhibit at United Nations Headquarters, New York, February 2012 as well as the international spokesperson for W.O.M.A.N. You-R- Beautiful, a program of the Geanco Foundation . Tia hopes to spread the message that if one can think it, then one can achieve it.

Dave Winfield has been hailed as one of the greatest athletes ever to play professional sports. One of only 7 players in the history of baseball to reach over 3,000 hits and over 450 home runs, the 12-time All-Star is amongst the all-time leaders in hits, home runs and RBI. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001 — his first year of eligibility.

A Williams Scholar at the University of Minnesota, Winfield played both Big Ten basketball and baseball. An All-American in baseball, he was voted MVP of the 1973 College World Series as a pitcher. He is the only athlete ever to be drafted by three professional teams: basketball (ABA Atlanta Hawks and NBA Utah Stars), football (NFL Minnesota Vikings) and baseball (MLB San Diego Padres). In 2007 he was inducted into the first class of the College Baseball Hall of Fame.

His professional career took off in 1973 when he joined the San Diego Padres, never spending a day in the Minor Leagues. His next stop: eight All-Star seasons with the New York Yankees. In 1990, he joined the California Angels, followed by a magical year with the Toronto Blue Jays where he drove in the winning run of the 1992 World Series. He returned to his native Minnesota Twins where he the 3,000^th hit milestone. He ended his 22-year career after the 1995 season with the American League Champion Cleveland Indians.

Dave is currently a studio analyst for ESPN Baseball Tonight, ESPN News and SportsCenter, and a host of the national Baseball Music Project. A member of the board of the San Diego Padres, Winfield continues in professional baseball as executive vice president/senior advisor, and serves as an ambassador for the Ritz Carlton Destination Clubs. Besides appearing in national commercials for ASK.com and Verizon Wireless, he was a baseball analyst for FOX Sports, did voiceover work, and narrated the MLB Network production Pride & Perseverance: The Story of the Negro Leagues.

Dave hosted his own morning drive radio show, On The Ball, in Los Angeles, and wrote a syndicated column for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. He served as spokesman for New York Summer Jobs for Youth, United Negro College Fund, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Daily News, Minnesota Board of Education and the Discovery Channel. He also appeared in the movie The Last Home Run, hosted the syndicated television series Greatest Sports Legends, and appeared on Married With Children, The Drew Carey Show, Arli$$, Pros vs. Joes and Windfall.

One of the most respected and versatile motivational speakers on the circuit, Dave addresses diverse audiences from colleges to corporations such as American Express, MasterCard, CDW, CDI, Monster.com, Xerox, IBM, GE Small Business Solutions, General Motors, Bank of America and the FDIC. His dynamic presentations cover a wide range of issues — sports, business, education, health, fitness, teamwork, and substance abuse prevention, corporate productivity, working and playing to win. He also conducts a unique and personal sports seminar series called Baseball Essentials, designed for both parents and children who are interested in growing in the game, winning scholarships to college, or playing professional baseball. He is currently on a national college speaking tour raising funds and awareness for college baseball programs.

Dave is an accomplished author. His autobiography, Winfield: A Player’s Life was a New York Times best seller. He also wrote a drug education book, TURN IT AROUND! There’s No Room Here For Drugs; an acclaimed “how-to” called The Complete Baseball Player; “Ask Dave”, a book of advice for children compiled from his syndicated column, and his latest, Dropping The Ball, an in-depth look at baseball’s current problems and possible solutions. He also is a frequent contributor to newspapers, including the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times.

His tradition of winning goes well beyond the world of sports… into a rich spectrum of philanthropy and business.

A successful entrepreneur, Winfield has owned art galleries and Burger King franchises, and continues business/management consulting with businesses and community organizations today.

Dave was one of the first professional athletes to create a charitable foundation – and inspired many other athletes to do the same. For over 20 years, the Winfield Foundation provided healthcare services, nutritional counseling, scholarships and computer literacy programs to deserving high school students, holiday dinners to families in need, and community outreach programs in and beyond the six Major League cities he called home. His vision enabled him to become an early adopter of and leader in the campaign for health and fitness. At Hackensack Medical Center in New Jersey, his leadership on the board and financial contributions led to the establishment of the Winfield Nutrition Center, still providing services today.

Dave Winfield’s popular Keynotes:

• “Have Character or become a Caricature”
• 5 Levels to Extraordinary Success in Sports, Business and your Life
• Turn it Around- Overcoming Obstacles in your Business, your Workplace and your Life
• Personal Improvement: It’s a Game, a Science and your Business

A couple typical testimonials for Dave:

“Your address to our top broker dealers at what we call the Masters Summit was very appropriate. Thank you for helping us add a unique element to what would have been primarily training and recognition of our top producers. You offered stories that our attendees from across the country could relate to. Your comments in particular about Peak Performers, All Stars and Hall of Famers, was quite appropriate for this group”. – John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. Signator Financial Network, Mauryanne Remondini, Event Marketing Manager.

“Your message to our members, about family physicians becoming better, more consistent messengers of health and fitness advocacy was extremely important. As a top athlete, continue your leadership in this field”. – American Board of Family Medicine, Nicholas J. Pisacano, M.D. President

Gregory, Richard Claxton ‘Dick’ (Born, October 12, 1932, St. Louis, Mo.), African American comedian and civil rights activist whose social satire changed the way white Americans perceived African American comedians since he first performed in public. Dick Gregory entered the national comedy scene in 1961 when Chicago’s Playboy Club (as a direct request from publisher Hugh Hefner) booked him as a replacement for white comedian, ‘Professor’ Irwin Corey.

Gregory’s activism continued into the 21st Century. In response to published allegations that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had supplied cocaine to predominantly African American areas in Los Angeles, thus spurring the crack epidemic, Gregory protested at CIA headquarters and was arrested. In 1992 he began a program called “Campaign for Human Dignity” to fight crime in St. Louis neighborhoods.

In 1973, the year he released his comedy album Caught in the Act, Gregory moved with his family to Plymouth, Massachusetts, where he developed an interest in vegetarianism and became a nutritional consultant. In 1984 he founded Health Enterprises, Inc., a company that distributed weight loss products. In 1987 Gregory introduced the Slim-Safe Bahamian Diet, a powdered diet mix, which was immensely profitable.

Kenny will be a main studio analyst for the 2011 NCAA Tournament on  CBS and Turner.

Kenny has also served as the NBA expert for Yahoo Sports, a game analyst for New York Knicks games on MSG, and has co-hosted an NBA show on Sirius Satellite Radio.

Kenny won two NBA World Championships with the Houston Rockets in 1994 and 1995. He played nine seasons in the NBA for the Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings and Atlanta Hawks. He scored a career high 41 points against the Los Angeles Lakers, while playing with Houston, on December 26, 1993. He is Houston’s all-time leader in three-point field goal percentage at .407, along with having the best field goal percentage of NBA guards in 1992-93. He was named a member of the NBA All Rookie Team in 1988, after averaging 13.8 points and 7.1 assists per game with the Kings.

Kenny played his college ball at the University of North Carolina and graduated in 1987 with a degree in Industrial Relations (Economics). He holds North Carolina’s assist record with 768, including 86 assists in NCAA Tournament play.   He holds a basketball camp each year in Chapel Hill.

Kenny resides with his family in California.

Prior to joining ESPN, Hubert provided radio analyst duties for the Dallas Mavericks and New York Knicks.

Hubert was selected 20th overall by the New York Knicks in the 1992 NBA Draft.  He remained with the Knicks for four years until he was traded to the Toronto Raptors prior to the 1996-97 season.  He also played for the Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons and the New Jersey Nets.

Hubert, who is the nephew of former NBA star Walter Davis, attended the University of North Carolina, where he averaged 21.4 points per game during the 1991-92 season.  He is one of only four players to average more than 20 points per game under Coach Dean Smith.

Hubert and his family reside in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Kevin was with the Toronto Blue Jays for the 2009 season after spending the previous three seasons with the Baltimore Orioles.

Prior to joining the Orioles, Kevin spent three seasons with the Boston Red Sox and five seasons with the Florida Marlins. In 2004, he helped the Red Sox win their first World Championship in 86 years.

After the 2003 season, Kevin received the Jackie Jensen Award, presented annually by the Boston chapter of the BBWAA to the player who best embodies the spirit and desire of the former Red Sox outfielder.

Following the 2001 season, Kevin was presented with the Charlie Hough Good Guy Award from the Florida chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America.

Kevin went undrafted out of college and was signed by Florida scout Gary Hughes after playing one season in the independent Northern League with the St. Paul Saints.

Kevin grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from University (CA) High School. He then went on to study business at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas

Kevin and his family reside in Texas.

Formerly an elementary, middle schoolteacher, and college professor, Dr. Gladney developed many programs and spent several years researching the concepts of motivation and success, and is a true expert in her field.  Her ability to connect with the audience coupled with her energetic style is an explosive combination that leaves the audience wanting more.  She is currently the top five most requested speaker in the Meeting Professional International organization which consist of over 23,000 meeting planners and suppliers.

As CEO of Emotional Wellness, Inc. Dr. Gladney has presented her message to millions around the nation. She has worked with many of the nation’s fortune 500 hundred companies including, IBM, AT&T, PepsiCo, Aetna, Texas Instruments, Pitney Bowes, U. S Coast Guard, Freddie Mac, U. S. Department of Defense, Federal Aviation Administration, and many others.  She also works with individuals as a success coach helping individuals manage their lives personally and professionally.  Those areas include life balance, relationships, stress management, motivation, business, and leadership. She is a television personality and has been a co-host of a cable show, a residential expert for Insights on Fox 4, as well as interviewed by several local and national TV shows.  She was featured on the Tom Joyner Morning Show, Michael Baisden and Al Sharpton Radio Show as well as many others.  She has also appeared as a guest expert on Washington Watch with Roland Martin and Baisden after Dark national television talk show.

She has been featured in the Dallas Morning News as well as other national magazines.   She has contributed to articles for several magazines including, In Touch magazine to offer advice to celebrities such as Tom and Katie Cruise, and Brad and Angelina.

She is author of four books including If I Have to Tell You One More Time…Six Keys to Motivating Your Kids, You Can’t Be Sick… I Have to Work; 50 Tips to Emotional Wellness for Working Mothers; and For Men Only; 50 Tips to Power, Women, And… (Ebook).  She is contributing author of four books  Conversations on Faith; Student Success Stories, 15 Winning Ways to Better Living, and the bestseller -Good Is Not Enough, and other Unwritten Rules for Minorities in Corporate America, by Keith Wyche. Get ready for her new book soon to be released, “If You are in the Driver’s Seat, Why are you Lost”? – A GPS Guide to Ultimate Success. She is also the creator of Success Coaching in a Box, an audio series that helps you become successful in every area of your life.

As a leader she has served on several boards and is the founder and past president of Young Educated Sisters (Y.E.S., Inc.), an organization established to help deter teenage pregnancy through empowerment, and is the founder and executive director of a non-profit organization for women, The Six Million Dollar Woman’s Club.

Dr. Gladney Topics

Employee Morale and Motivation

How to do Life and do your Job

Keeping Your Leaders Motivated and Balanced in the Unpredictable Times and how they can Motivate Unpredictable Employees (Management –to Senior Level)

Stress and Life Management

Leadership Development

Attracting and Developing Women of Color in the Workplace

Emotional Wellness in the Workplace

10 Things You Absolutely Need to Know to Boost your Productivity

During the last ten years, Scott has inspired audiences at numerous events throughout the country, speaking to a wide variety of groups and organizations about his life and overcoming adversity.  He speaks 30 to 35 times a year to audiences in size from 250 to 15,000.

Never ceasing to impress, his clarity about living the life he’s been given, has inspired thousands of people at numerous engagements for such organizations as Hilton Hotels, Bank of America, John Hancock Financial Network, MassMutual, Healthcare Management Systems, Institute for International Research, Elekta, Inc., America’s Second Harvest, the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Liberty Mutual, Peak Vista Community Health Centers annual “Breakfast of Champions,” the Toledo Children’s Hospital, the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, Goshen Health System, the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, St. Vincent Oncology Center, Pituitary Network Association, University of St. Thomas Lecture Series, Robert Wood Johnston University, the University of Chicago Hospital, the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists, the Congress of Oncology Nurses, Kansas City Life, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, CanCare of Houston, Inc., Nationwide Mutual Insurance, and Million Dollar Round Table to name but a few.

As a keynote speaker, he exudes enthusiasm and inspiration.   As a figure skater, he is forever bridging the gap between sport and entertainment. As a role model, he contradicts the saying that “good guys finish last.” As a humanitarian, he avails himself to any plight that will improve mankind. But, more important, as a cancer survivor he is a constant reminder that with fortitude and determination, anything is possible. Scott’s much publicized bout with testicular cancer in 1997, and his November, 2004 diagnosis of a benign, non-cancerous pituitary brain tumor, from which he is successfully recovering, has touched him with a special insight into life and the human condition.

Scott recently starred in the hit movie Blades of Glory with Will Ferrell and Jon Heder. Last year, he hosted Fox’s television series Skating with Celebrities and now continues to produce the legendary ice skating tour Stars on Ice.  He recently made a guest appearance on ABC’s prime time game show, Wanna Bet?, and was a celebrity juror on the nationally syndicated, Jury Duty.  He provided voice-over and appeared live in an Nickelodeon’s Fairly Odd Parents. He is a popular guest on national news shows like the Today Show, and entertainment news programs such as Access Hollywood, Inside Edition, The Insider, Extra!, E! Entertainment, the TV Guide Channel, and Entertainment Tonight; and in various national news publications like People Magazine.

As an author, Scott received notable critical praise for his New York Times best-selling autobiography Landing It (Kensington Books, October 1999), an intimate, candid, and insightful look at his professional and personal life on and off the ice.

As the winner of sixteen consecutive championships after the 1980 Winter Olympics, he was heavily favored to take the Gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo, and that is precisely what he did, despite an uncharacteristically tentative free skating routine. A month later, he went on to score a stunning victory at the World Championships in Ottawa, Canada. Shortly thereafter, in April of 1984, Scott turned professional.

To add to a remarkable list of achievements, which now includes over 70 titles, awards, and honors, in 1990, Scott was inducted into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame. In that same year, he also became a privileged member of the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.

On December 14, 2002, at a small, very private ceremony held in Malibu, CA, Scott married former nutritionist, Tracie Robinson.  It was the first marriage for both.  On September 16, 2003, Tracie gave birth to the couple’s first child, Aidan McIntosh Hamilton.

When he is not working or performing or participating in a wide variety of charitable events, or acting as an official spokesperson for Target House at St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, as well as his own Scott Hamilton C.A.R.E.S. Initiative (Cancer Alliance for Research, Education and Survivorship) at the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Center in Cleveland, Ohio, or promoting his web site Chemocare.com (in conjunction with the Cleveland Clinic and CARES), or serving on the Board of Directors for Special Olympics, Scott can be found on the golf course and enjoys spending time with his wife and sons, Aidan and Maxx, at their home in Nashville, Tennessee.

Mike Ditka’s NFL career began in 1961 when the Bears made him their first round selection from the University of Pittsburgh. He had an immediate impact, catching 56 passes and earning NFL Rookie of the Year honors. Ditka played five more seasons with the Bears, earning a Pro Bowl trip each year, before being traded to Philadelphia in 1967. After two years with the Eagles, he played four more in Dallas, where he caught a touchdown pass in the Cowboys’ 24-3 win over the Dolphins in Super Bowl VI.

The final accolade to Ditka’s outstanding playing career was bestowed upon him 16 years after his retirement when he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1988). His 427 career receptions included 75 catches in 1964, a NFL record for tight ends until San Diego’s Kellen Winslow broke it in 1980. Ditka still holds four Bears records: consecutive games with a reception, touch down receptions, most receptions by a rookie, and most touchdown catches by a rookie.

Ditka retired from playing following the 1973 season, but wash hired by Cowboys’ head coach Tom Landry as an offensive assistant and special teams coach. In Ditka’s nine seasons the Cowboys were in the playoffs eight times, won six division titles, three NFL Championships, and the NFL crown following the 1977 campaign.

Prior to the 1982 season, Ditka signed on as head coach of the Chicago Bears, taking over a team that had had just two wining seasons in the previous 19 years. During his ten-year tenure as head coach, Ditka led the Bears to six NFC Central titles, three additional appearances in the NFC title game (each time, their opponent went on to win the Super Bowl), and a Super Bowl victory (1986). He has been awarded Coach of the Year honors (1985 and 1988) by The Sporting News the Associated Press, and pro football writers.

Ditka is one of only two men to have won a Super Bowl as a player, assistant coach, and head coach. He is also one of only four head coaches to have recorded over 100 coaching victories in only ten seasons.

Having retired from coaching after the 1992 season, Ditka served as a NFL, analyst on NBC-TV’s Sunday, NFL news and highlight show, NFL Live until January 1997, when he became the coach for the New Orleans Saints. He says that his goal is to win games with his new team, and he plans to have fun doing it.

Born October 18, 1939 on Carnegie, Pennsylvania, Ditka was raised in nearby Aliquippa, where his father Mike Sr. worked on the railroad. He was a three-sport start at Aliquippa High School, playing basketball and baseball as well as football. He enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh and was an all-American as a senior in 1960. Ditka played defensive end, linebacker, tight end, and ranked among the nation’s top punters with a 40-yard average in his final three seasons.

MOST REQUESTED TOPIC:
ACE – Attitude, Character and Enthusiasm
Mike Ditka delivers a powerful presentation that highlights the key characteristics people need to achieve their personal and professional goals. With his first-hand experience, clear illustrations and humorous anecdotes, he shows why he is considered one of the best motivational speakers in all of the NFL. In this presentation, he shares the lessons learned in a life of commitment and attention to the fundamentals – and resulting victory.