The best-selling author of nearly 50 sports books, Ross Bernstein is an inspirational business speaker who helps companies and organizations think and act more like champions. Ross and his books have been featured on thousands of television and radio programs over his career, including CNN, MSNBC, FoxNews, ESPN, TSN, ABC, NBC, CBS, and the CBC, as well as in the pages of the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and USA Today. As a working member of the media in his home state of Minnesota, Ross has a unique behind the scenes access to all of the local sports franchises in the area, including the Vikings, Twins, Timberwolves, Wild and Gophers. As such, he spends lots of his time in dugouts, club houses, locker rooms, and press boxes — and it’s here where Ross has met and interviewed thousands of professional athletes over the past 20 years. Ross grew up in the small southern Minnesota town of Fairmont and went on to attend the University of Minnesota. It was there where he first got into writing through some rather unique circumstances. You see, after a failed attempt to make it as a walk-on to the University’s top-ranked Golden Gopher hockey team, Ross opted for the next best thing — to become the team’s mascot, “Goldy the Gopher.” His humorous accounts as a mischievous rodent then inspired the 1992 regional best-seller “Gopher Hockey by the Hockey Gopher.” Talk about making lemonade out of lemons… the rest, as they say, is history! After graduating from college, Ross spent the next five years living in Chicago and New York City, working as the vice president of marketing for a start-up children’s entertainment company that he co-founded along with several former executives from the Walt Disney Company. Feeling as though he was missing his calling, however, in 1997 Ross took a leap of faith and moved back to Minnesota to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time sports author. Between writing three new books a year and speaking from coast to coast, Ross feels as though he has created his “dream job” and is truly living his passion each and every day. Titles The Champion's Code: Life Lessons of Values and Integrity From the Sports World to the Business World When it Comes to Team Building, Leadership, and Motivation: Do You Believe In Miracles? Raising Stanley: How Becoming the Best of the Best in Hockey Translates to Success in Business & in Life Do you Believe in Miracles? Lessons in Team-Building, Leadership & Motivation The DNA of Champions Topics Sports, Team Building, Motivation, Leadership, Business Click topic above to see more speakers on that topic Speaker's Asking Fee Range $10,000 - $14,999 Click on fee range to see more speakers. This is the starting keynote fee range - other programs may be higher. State MN Click on state above to see more speakers from that state. Fees The fee range quoted means the speaker's fee starts somewhere within that range. Note that speaker's fees are subject to change and some speakers may have special fee quotes.

“Having the good fortune to have witnessed some great presentations throughout my career in the various associations that I belong to, I was not only inspired, but I was mystified by Ross’ knowledge, expertise and pure passion for a topic that I know nothing about. I am not a sports enthusiast, but every time he related a sports story to a business principle, I was immediately able to draw a connection. I had a lot of take-aways. It was fantastic!” — VP, Coaster Company of America “We had Ross come in and be our keynote speaker for about 200 people in our sales operations and support organization. He was very conscientious about meeting with me beforehand and making sure to tailor his presentation to our audience as well as the tenor of our meeting. It is a tough audience in that it has a wide range of people, from back office order entry folks to people who do field training in a our highly technical field to three sales VP’s there to lend support. Ross did a great job during his presentation of capturing the attention of everybody in the room with his attitude and enthusiasm but most importantly with the substance of the message. Everybody could find something to relate to, and the message fit perfectly with what we were trying to get across to the team. We gathered feedback after the event, and it was literally universally positive, with Ross’s contribution a big reason why. We will certainly be looking for opportunities to work with Ross in the future.” — Director, Boston Scientific