Phoenix Athlete Speakers

Phoenix is one of the few markets that has a team in every major American professional sports league. While the city is represented by the Diamondbacks, Cardinals, Coyotes and Suns, it also serves as a major golf hub. Phoenix Athlete Speakers are the best names to bring in for local conferences and other events. They touch on themes like overcoming adversity, working as a team, and leadership.

Tom Chambers - Motivational Sports Speaker

Tom Chambers

Retired Four-Time NBA All-Star

Tom Chambers played in the NBA for 16 seasons after being selected in the 1st round by the San Diego Clippers in the 1981 NBA Draft. While in college Chambers experienced every basketball players drea

Jim Bones Mackay - Motivational Sports Speaker

Jim Bones Mackay

Best Known as the Longtime Caddie for Phil Mickelson

Jim "Bones" Mackay made history on the PGA Tour for 25 years as the caddie for Phil Mickelson. Mackay was part of Mickelson's team during all five of his major championship wins. He worked with Phil f

Ann Meyers Drysdale - Motivational Sports Speaker

Ann Meyers Drysdale

Retired Women's Basketball Legend and Phoenix Suns Vice President

Ann Meyers Drysdale was one of the early stars of women’s college basketball and a 1993 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee. She stared at UCLA and was the first ever woman to be a four year scholarship

Larry Fitzgerald - Motivational Sports Speaker

Larry Fitzgerald

Hall of Fame Wide Receiver for the Arizona Cardinals

Larry Fitzgerald is a Minneapolis, Minnesota native and grew up with the dream of playing at football’s most elite level. When he stepped on the University of Pittsburgh campus in 2001 he took a giant

Kurt Warner - Motivational Sports Speaker

Kurt Warner

Super Bowl MVP and Pro Football Hall of Famer

Kurt Warner’s resume is one of the most well rounded and impressive you will ever see from a professional athlete. His career started out with some uncertainty after not being selected in the 1994 NFL

Charles Barkley - Motivational Sports Speaker

Charles Barkley

NBA Legend and Sports Analyst

Charles Barkley is a retired professional power forward for the NBA and currently serves as an analyst on TNT's Inside the NBA. Barkley attended Auburn University from 1981-1985 where he led the SEC i

Danny White - Motivational Sports Speaker

Danny White

Retired Quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys

Danny White is a former NFL quarterback and coach in the Arena Football League. White got his start as a player with Arizona State University, serving as the team’s quarterback and punter. His career

Gary McCord - Motivational Sports Speaker

Gary McCord

Former Professional Golfer and CBS Sports Analyst

Gary McCord is a professional golfer, commentator and author. McCord attended UC Riverside where he was a two-time Division II All-American and NCAA Division II individual champion in 1970. McCord tur

JJ Birden - Motivational Sports Speaker

JJ Birden

Former NFL Wide Receiver Turned Motivational Speaker

Like a fabled long-shot story and underdog tale, JJ Birden was The Small Man in the Big Man’s Game of Football. After earning a scholarship to the University of Oregon for track and field (plus be

Michael Phelps - Motivational Sports Speaker

Michael Phelps

Most Decorated Olympian of All-Time

Michael Phelps sits at the top of the list when it comes to Olympic legends. Phelps won a record 28 Olympic medals during his competitive swimming career. He also holds records for gold medals, indivi

Adrian Wilson - Motivational Sports Speaker

Adrian Wilson

Retired Five-Time Pro Bowl Safety for the Arizona Cardinals

Adrian Wilson is an Arizona Cardinals legend who spent his entire 12-year career in the desert and was a five-time Pro Bowler and three-time All-Pro at safety. Wilson holds Cardinals career franchise

Danica Patrick - Motivational Sports Speaker

Danica Patrick

Former Star IndyCar and NASCAR Driver

Danica Patrick was trailblazer throughout her career in auto racing. She is the most successful woman in the history of American open-wheel racing—her victory in the 2008 Indy Japan 300 is the only wi

Matt Williams - Motivational Sports Speaker

Matt Williams

Former Five-Time All-Star Third Baseman and Current Coach

Matt Williams had a storied career as a major league third baseman, winning four Gold Gloves and finishing in the top 10 of the National League MVP award voting four times.  After his career as a play

Luis Gonzalez - Motivational Sports Speaker

Luis Gonzalez

Retired Five-Time All-Star Outfielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks

Luis Gonzalez played for six major league teams, but gained the most notoriety as a key contributor to the early success of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Gonzalez was a five-time All-Star and had the gam

Anthony Robles - Motivational Sports Speaker

Anthony Robles

Former NCAA Wrestling Champion and Subject of the Film Unstoppable

As a man who crafted one sports’ most inspiring stories, Anthony Robles is a champion, survivor, and motivator. Robles won the 2010-11 NCAA individual wrestling championship in the 125 pound weight c

Amy Van Dyken - Motivational Sports Speaker

Amy Van Dyken

Six-Time Olympic Swimming Gold Medalist

Amy Van Dyken is one of the most accomplished American Olympians of all-time.  She won six gold medals as a swimmer at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics.  Her four golds in Atlanta were a record for a U.S. w

Dave Dravecky - Motivational Sports Speaker

Dave Dravecky

Former MLB Pitcher and Cancer Survivor

Dave Dravecky has one of the most inspiring comeback stories in baseball history.  Dravecky had had a successful career before a cancerous tumor was found in his pitching arm in 1988.  Surgery to remo

Dan O'Brien - Motivational Sports Speaker

Dan O'Brien

Olympic Gold Medal Winning Decathlete

Dan O’Brien is a decathlete who competes in various international tournament and competitions while representing the United States. O’Brien grew up in Oregon as an adopted child, eventually graduating

Allison Schmitt - Motivational Sports Speaker

Allison Schmitt

Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist and Mental Health Advocate

Allison Schmitt has been a mainstay on the international swimming circuit.  She competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics.  Schmitt has racked up a total of eight Olympic medals.  In her 2008 debut