Pat Croce

Biography

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 an 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 worst 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.

ENTERTAINMENT PERSONALITY
Croce has served as a commentator on the NBA on NBC and the Summer Olympic Games, hosted a nationally syndicated daily show Pat Croce: Moving In for Sony Pictures Television, and served as panel judge on ABC`s American Inventor. He currently has a pilot on the History Channel entitled Family Business Showdown.

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 has also authored several books on his piratical passion. They include the historical Pirate Soul; the children`s picture book, My Pop-Pop is a Pirate; the children`s illustrated book, Blackbeard; the "How-To" book, The Pirate Handbook; and the fictional YA novel Drake`s Quest (Spring `12 release).

ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT
Croce is the founder of the world-renowned St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum. He was the proud recipient of the "Entrepreneur of the Year" Award, featured on the cover of Inc magazine as "The Dale Carnegie of the 21st Century," and honored with A&E Biography`s "Community Hero" Award. He is Chairman of Pat Croce & Company that has controlling interests in the three notable Key West restaurant/bars.

AMERICAN EXPLORER
Croce recently led an amazing expedition to Portobello, Panama, where he successfully discovered two ships, 194-ton Elizabeth and the 50-ton Delight, from Sir Francis Drake`s fleet of 1596.

Publications

I Feel Great and You Will Too!:
An Inspiring Journey of Success with Practical Tips on How to Score Big in Life

Let the irrepressible president of the Philadelphia 76ers show you how to succeed in this invaluable blueprint for business and life.

A pioneer in the sports physical therapy industry, Pat Croce went from the training room to the boardroom in one of the most unlikely stories in sports history -- a classic rags-to-riches tale made possible by his indestructible positive attitude. With the same unstoppable character that has made him a favorite motivational speaker of Fortune 500 executives, Croce recounts the moments that taught him to strive for and achieve greatness.

But I Feel Great and You Will Too! is more than just the story of one man`s remarkable journey. Throughout this moving, often hilarious, and always brutally honest book, Croce hits you with pointers on goal setting, communication, creative thinking, desire, dedication, and much more. Croce also includes his "Ten Commandments of Customer Service," the same guidelines he used to become one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the sports industry.

Titles

Achieve the Impossible
The theme of this high-energy motivational presentation is that nothing is impossible when you take action on your passion with a focused determination and an expectation of success.

Using equal doses of enthusiasm, passion and humor, Croce`s storytelling touches on his historic rise from the training room to the board room of the Philadelphia 76ers, his remarkable recovery from a devastating motorcycle accident, and his belief in the power of forging relationships from the street to the elite.

Sprinkled throughout Croce`s presentation are his "Pat Croce Pointers" which emphasize lessons on everything from the art of listening to the power of a positive attitude. And no one will leave his talk and forget to wipe the "should" off themselves.

Other Programs:
-Negotiating For Success
-Dress to Rest
-Your Obituary
-Empty Your Teacup
-110%
-10 Commandments Of Customer Service
-Wine on the House
-Service with a Frown
-The Singing Bus Driver
-Good Samaritan
-A positive Team Messsage
-Listen, Listen, Listen
-If You Don`t Ask the Answer is Always No