Dave Winfield

Baseball Hall of Fame Legend, Commentator and Leadership Expert

Dave Winfield is a top motivational speaker, hall of fame baseball player, consultant, and bestselling author. He 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, he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001—his first year of eligibility. Dave also has the distinction of being the only athlete ever to be drafted by four professional sport leagues: basketball (NBA Atlanta Hawks, ABA Utah Stars), football (NFL Minnesota Vikings), and baseball (MLB San Diego Padres).

Dave Winfield Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type
$30,001 - $40,000
Languages Spoken
English
Travels From
California, USA

Dave Winfield Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type
$30,001 - $40,000
Languages Spoken
English
Travels From
California, USA

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The 5 Levels: From Aspiration to Achievement

What does it take to succeed in your industry? After having a Hall of Fame Baseball career, Dave Winfield realized there were 5 levels a person needed to succeed. To confirm his theory, he interviewed and researched other baseball Hall of Famers...

What does it take to succeed in your industry? After having a Hall of Fame Baseball career, Dave Winfield realized there were 5 levels a person needed to succeed. To confirm his theory, he interviewed and researched other baseball Hall of Famers, best all-time players, and coaches from other sports, who all made reference to one or more of his 5 levels as part of achieving success. These principles do not just apply to sports, but also to business or any occupation. In this inspirational talk, Dave expands on the five principles and shows by following them in order, you can break through the glass ceilings that have previously held you back from your goals.

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It’s a Game, a Science and Your Business: Your Winning Game Plan

Hope is not a winning game plan. Achieving personal success and improvement are difficult. Dave Winfield knows how difficult it can be to achieve goals, having worked his whole life to earn a hall of fame career in baseball. Based on his eBook, ...

Hope is not a winning game plan. Achieving personal success and improvement are difficult. Dave Winfield knows how difficult it can be to achieve goals, having worked his whole life to earn a hall of fame career in baseball. Based on his eBook, Dave presents a compact game plan for personal success and improvement. Using information from the nine chapters of his book, Dave shares how to prepare yourself, be your own best coach, come back after setbacks, succeed under pressure and more.

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Live a Hall of Fame Life: Your Own Pathway to Promise

Do you want an extraordinary life or an ordinary life? Dave Winfield’s career has taken him to the Baseball Hall of Fame, a job in broadcasting, a bestselling book, and working as a motivational speaker. But he couldn’t have achieved success...

Do you want an extraordinary life or an ordinary life? Dave Winfield’s career has taken him to the Baseball Hall of Fame, a job in broadcasting, a bestselling book, and working as a motivational speaker. But he couldn’t have achieved success in business, sports, and his personal life without following these three areas of significance. In this motivational talk, Dave shares how you can have an extraordinary life by knowing where to find your inspiration, pursuing only those things that fill you with passion, and building a great team of support around you for knowledge and inspiration.

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About Keynote Speaker Dave Winfield

As one of the most respected and versatile motivational speakers on the circuit, Dave’s dynamic presentations cover a wide range of issues—sports, business, education, health, fitness, teamwork, substance abuse prevention, corporate productivity, working, and playing to win.

He has addressed diverse audiences from colleges to corporations, such as American Express, MasterCard, CDW, CDI, Monster.com, Xerox, IBM, GE Small Business Solutions, General Motors, The Hartford, Bank of America, and the FDIC.

Dave is an accomplished author of several books. His autobiography, Winfield: A Player’s Life was a New York Times bestseller. His other works include the drug education book, TURN IT AROUND! There’s No Room Here For Drugs; the acclaimed “how-to book” The Complete Baseball Player; “Ask Dave”; Dropping The Ball, an in-depth look at baseball’s current problems and possible solutions; and his first EBook, Winning it All Inning by Inning. And he has been a frequent contributor to newspapers, including the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times.

Dave is currently a management consultant, Advisor to the Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players Association in New York. Previously, he worked as a studio analyst for ESPN Baseball Tonight, ESPN News and SportsCenter; a host of the national Baseball Music Project; a member of the board of the San Diego Padres Professional Baseball; an Executive Vice President/Senior Advisor for the Padres club, and an ambassador for the Ritz Carlton Destination Clubs.

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More about Dave Winfield…
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 has 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 charitable work has earned him numerous honors, including the YMCA Brian Piccolo Award for Humanitarian Service, the first Branch Rickey Community Service Award, American League Joe Cronin Award, Josh Gibson Leadership Award and Major League Baseball’s Roberto Clemente Award, and was selected as one of America’s 10 Outstanding Young Men.

He resides in Bel Air, California with his wife Tonya.

Testimonials

“I want to thank you, BigSpeak, for bringing Dave Winfield to our campus. Dave was wonderful to work with. I could not have asked for a better speaker. I highly recommend him and hope to work with him again.”

John Livers

Dean of Students Vincennes University

“Full of insight and good humor, Dave lends his celebrity to shed light on important topics with an inviting and personable tone. He was more than patient with all our guests who were very impressed with this sports legend.”

Molly Dillon

Community Development Manager, American Cancer Society

“Dave Winfield spoke at our annual sales event for top salespeople. He did an excellent job of delivering a motivational message, but also kept it entertaining. We had a broad audience of salespeople and their spouses/guests, but Dave engaged everyone with his presentation. He is a fantastic storyteller and he was a great brand ambassador for us at the event”

David Bolio

Director of Marketing, Sales & Distribution, The Hartford