Nobody has more credentials than Jim Bouton. The Yankee 20 game winner, author of Ball Four, TV reporter, actor, inventor, and businessman, is also a major league speaker. His return to baseball in 1978, after an eight year retirement, was an unprecedented comeback.
During that time Bouton developed Big League Chew, the number one selling bubble gum in America. A hard-driving creative businessman, Bouton now has his own product development company. A baseball great, Bouton was featured in The Sports 100 in 1996 as one of the most important people in American sports history. He also is the author of the new bestseller, Ball Four/The Final Pitch. Drawing from his own personal experiences, Bouton’s programs are entertaining and memorable.
Jim Bouton rose from a benchwarmer in high school to an all-star pitcher and a World Series winner. His refusal to place limits on himself led to his unprecedented comeback to the majors at the age of 39, after an eight year retirement. Bouton’s approach is refreshing and new. He draws from his own personal experiences to create a memorable program. Hard driving, creative businessmen will recognize a kindred spirit in Jim Bouton.
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Ball Four
Given the high school nickname “Warm Up Bouton,” Jim Bouton surprised everyone by becoming a baseball All-Star and people are still having trouble predicting what he might do next. This Yankee 20-game winner, author of Ball Four, TV sportscaster, actor, inventor, and businessman, is also a major league keynote speaker. Bouton’s presentation is a highly entertaining combination of anecdotes, insights, and inspiration, tailored to his audience. Using humor and his own experiences, he discusses everything from excellence, teamwork, change, and pressure.
The Process of Excelling
Sports Speaker Jim Bouton believes in focusing on the process as a way to achieve goals. He encourages his audience to think like athletes, to get into the fun of the enterprise, the challenge of long odds, the satisfaction in details, the thrill of extraordinary effort, and the joy of work. It was his love of a challenge that led to his unprecedented comeback to the major leagues at the age of 39, after an eight-year retirement.
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