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Pat Williams

Senior Vice President,
NBA’s Orlando Magic

Testimonials

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As the keynote speaker, you surpassed our expectations. You inspired, enlightened and challenged the audience with your stories on your life experiences. Your wisdom in regards to the "Keys to Quality Success" was inspirational. You captured the minds and hearts of the audience with stories regarding your family. Please accept my personal thanks for helping the Coco-Cola Company bring added value to our customers.

-- The Coca-Cola Company

Thank you for your gracious support and presence at our Food & Beverage Conference. Your remarks were an inspiration for all of us and will have a positive impact on making a difference in our lives.

-- Walt Disney World Resorts

Thank you for awaking the senses and the desire of the entire staff and management team of Crown Marketing Group through thought, experiences and laughter. The messages you delivered transcended every level, culture and creed, and made all of us completely enthralled throughout. Nobody wanted the presentation to end.

-- Crown Marketing Group

After you spoke to us last week, there has been a “buzz” in our department about the content of your speech as well as your superlative delivery. As I walk the halls of our department, you would be surprised how often the staff initiates a conversation about what you reviewed with us about leadership.The points you made with us will undoubtedly provide the basis for our leadership discussions. Thank you!

-- Wake Forest University

Pat Williams is the senior vice president of the NBA’s Orlando Magic. Also one of America’s top motivational, inspirational, and humorous speakers, he has addressed thousands of executives in organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies and national associations to universities and non-profits. Pat is also the author of over 70 books, including his latest title, Leadership Excellence.

Pat served for seven years in the United States Army, spent seven years in the Philadelphia Phillies organization—two as a minor league catcher and five in the front office—and has also spent three years in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Since 1968, he has been in the NBA as general manager for teams in Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia—including the 1983 World Champion 76ers—and now the Orlando Magic, which he co-founded in 1987 and helped lead to the NBA finals in 1995. Twenty-three of his teams have gone to the NBA playoffs and five have made the NBA finals. In 1996, Pat was named as one of the 50 most influential people in NBA history by a national publication.

Pat and his wife, Ruth, are the parents of 19 children, including 14 adopted from four nations. For one year, 16 of his children were all teenagers at the same time. Pat and his family have been featured in numerous publications including: Sports Illustrated, Readers Digest, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, and The Wall Street Journal.

Pat teaches an adult Sunday school class at First Baptist Church of Orlando and hosts three weekly radio shows. In the last 13 years, he has completed 54 marathons—including the Boston Marathon 12 times—and also climbed Mt. Rainier.

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