Misc. Sports Star Speakers

Known most notably for one of the biggest comeback stories of our era, Bethany Hamilton has since become synonymous with inspiration. At the age of thirteen, on October 31, 2003, Bethany was attacked by a 14-foot tiger shark while surfing off Kauai's North Shore. The attack left Bethany with a severed left arm. After losing over 60% of her blood, and making it through several surgeries without infection, Bethany was on her way to recovery with an unbelievably positive attitude. Today she is a  New York Times Best Selling Author, who's life has been featured in a Hollywood movie. A professional surfer, and spiritual icon, Bethany is a sought after public speaker. She is motivating audiences worldwide to live their life with more tenacity, courage and faith.

Fee Range: $20,000–$40,000
Travels From: HI

Fee Range: $26,000–$50,000
Travels From: CA

Fee Range: $25,000–$37,500
Travels From: FL

Fee Range: $15,000–$27,500
Travels From: TX

•At the age of eleven, she developed two rare neurological conditions, transverse myelitis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, which left her in a vegetative coma for 4 years and unable to use her legs for nearly a decade •Won a Gold Medal and three Silver Medals in the London Paralympic Games for swimming as well as multiple World, American, and Pan American Records •On-air TV personality for ESPN, reporting for the X-Games, the Invictus Games, and SportsCenter, to name a few •Was a 2017 semi-finalist on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, and has since made many more major media appearances, including on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and in People Magazine, among others

Fee Range: $15,000–$20,000
Travels From: MA

Michael Phelps has been making waves in the world of sports since he was young. He tied the record for the most medals at a single Olympics in the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games when he earned six gold medals and eight medals overall. Although he is young, Phelps has already had a lifetime of experiences—in the pool and out. He founded “Swim with the Stars”—the first ever Olympic Swimming Tour that travels the country to give kids the opportunity to learn from the best. He is also a national spokesperson for the Boys & Girls Clubs. Phelps is youthful but intelligent, successful yet modest, and understands the importance of following a dream. 2018, Phelps revealed that he struggled with ADHD and depression and now works as a mental health advocate.

Fee Range: Inquire
Travels From: MD

Jeffrey Ma was a member of the MIT Blackjack Team in the mid-1990s. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy. He attended MIT where he graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1994. He was the basis for the main character of the book Bringing Down the House and the film 21.

Fee Range: $15,000–$30,000
Travels From: CA

Molly Bloom is best known for her memoir, Molly’s Game, which was adapted into an award-winning film of the same name by Aaron Sorkin. Currently, Molly is focusing her energy on uplifting and mentoring other women after having been the mentee of amazing, dynamic women herself. She has launched the One World Group to support women facing various challenges, especially those exacerbated by the global pandemic and TORCHED, a new podcast about Olympic controversies.

Fee Range: $20,000–$31,500
Travels From: CO

Legendary sports icon, Olympic champion and Hall of Famer, philanthropist, bestselling author, television personality, ringside analyst and longtime face of Skechers’ popular Relaxed Fit collections, Sugar Ray Leonard has established a legacy that epitomizes boxing and invokes the reverence of a champion. Sugar Ray Leonard’s raw and uplifting memoir reveals in intimate detail for the first time the complex human who waged his own personal battle with depression, rage, addiction and greed, that lay behind the champion.

Fee Range: Inquire
Travels From: CA

Alex is climbing’s transcendent, breakout star, inspiring millions around the world with his free solo, rope-less style of climbing. He’s the only person ever to free solo Yosemite’s 3,000-foot El Capitan, as documented in the Academy Award–winning film Free Solo

Fee Range: $75,000–$156,000
Travels From: NV

Hailed as the “female Jerry Maguire” by CNN, Molly Fletcher made a name for herself as one of the first female sports agents. Molly is a high-energy, motivational speaker with an incredibly unique background who inspires fearless growth in individuals, teams and companies. Molly’s keynotes have received comments like “a world-class speaker and businessperson” who is “true-to-life, uplifting and entertaining” and great at “connecting and delivering unique tools that captivate audiences.” As a keynote speaker, she has been honored to serve hundreds of Fortune 500 companies, national associations, corporations, sports teams and start-up organizations.

Fee Range: $30,000–$50,000
Travels From: GA

As an award-winning keynote speaker, business leadership coach, eleven-time New York Times best-selling author, and longtime Associate Editor for Sports Illustrated, Don Yaeger has fashioned a career as one of America’s most provocative thought leaders. As a speaker, he has worked with audiences as diverse as Fortune 500 companies and cancer survivor groups, where he shares his personal story. He is primarily sought to discuss lessons on achieving greatness, learned from first-hand experiences with some of the greatest sports legends in the world. He is also often retained by companies and organizations to coach their leaders, management teams, and employees on building a culture of greatness by studying great teams in sports and discerning the business lessons we can learn from them.

Fee Range: $15,000–$45,000
Travels From: FL

Fee Range: $15,000–$20,000
Travels From: MN

Rising star Misty Copeland makes history as the first African American Female Principal Dancer with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre. When she discovered ballet, however, Misty was living in a shabby motel room, struggling with her five siblings for a place to sleep on the floor. A true prodigy, she was dancing en pointe within three months of taking her first dance class and performing professionally in just over a year: a feat unheard of for any classical dancer.

Fee Range: $60,000–$94,000
Travels From: NY

Fee Range: $8,500–$14,000
Travels From: NY

Fee: $106,000
Travels From: GA

One of the most controversial athletes in the history of sports, Lance Armstrong overcame Stage 3 testicular cancer to win seven consecutive Tour de France races and raise over a half billion dollars for cancer research through his Livestrong foundation before he was stripped of his titles and banned from cycling for using performance-enhancing drugs. Now a successful early stage investor in health care start-ups, he also leads WEDU, his global content and media platform and hosts two popular podcasts. Embracing his past mistakes with an endurance athlete’s tenacious mindset of powering through pain, challenges, and adversity; Armstrong’s inspirational, no-holds-barred talks champion resilience, integrity, leadership, and the ability we all have to overcome challenges and rise up from defeat.

Fee Range: $45,000–$75,000
Travels From: TX

Fee Range: $7,500–$10,000

Fee Range: $20,000–$30,000
Travels From: AZ

Arguably the most naturally gifted athlete the world has ever seen, Usain St Leo Bolt, created history at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio when he achieved the ‘Triple Triple’, three gold medals at three consecutive Olympic Games.  Usain’s journey to worldwide stardom started at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing where he won the 100m, 200m and 4x100m, all in world record times.  He followed this up with three gold medals in the same events at the 2012 Olympic Games in London to write his name in the history books as the world’s fastest man.  Then one day before his 30th birthday he completed the same triple at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio to cement his legacy as a legend in world sport.

Fee Range: $125,000–$300,000
Travels From: Intl

Fee Range: $15,000–$20,000

Brandi Chastain has excelled for the past 20 years as being one of the most famous female soccer players in the world. Brandi became a part of history as she joined the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team and competed in the first World Championship. In 1996 she led the United States to a Gold Medal at the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, a feat she repeated in 2004 in Athens, Greece. She has been featured around the world as a spokesperson for Nike, Volvo, Powerbar, Gallery Furniture and 24-Hour Fitness, among others. Brandi is also cofounder of the nonprofit BAWSI (Bay Area women’s sports initiative).

Fee Range: $30,000–$63,000
Travels From: CA

Fee Range: $25,000–$35,000
Travels From: CA

Bill Clement is a 2-Time Stanley Cup Champion and critically acclaimed speaker, actor, entrepreneur and broadcaster. He has experienced being the best, but also knows what it means to have to build success all over again after complete financial and emotional defeat. As a speaker few can match the impact Bill has on his audiences around the world. His carefully crafted speeches and keynotes leave audiences spellbound and begging for more! Bill has broadcast five different Olympic Games and has worked for ESPN, NBC, ABC, Versus, Comcast SportsNet and TNT in the U.S., and CTV, CBC, Rogers Sportsnet and Sirius-XM Radio in Canada. As an 11 year NHL center, he played in two All Star games, Captained an NHL team and won both Stanley Cup Championships with the Philadelphia Flyers, aka the Broad Street Bullies. Bill also played for the Washington Capitals and the Flames, both in Atlanta and Calgary.

Fee Range: $7,500–$15,000
Travels From: NC