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Walter Bond,CSPBusiness Success with Humor Travels From: MN |
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No One Can Stop You But YOU is one belief that Walter Bond has
embraced and built both his personal and professional life around.
Understanding that no one can stop him has challenged Walter to work
hard and maintain the winning attitude needed to achieve greatness
for himself and his family and impart this belief using real life
examples to the thousands of lives he touches each year.
When did Walter realize that no one can stop him? That he alone
possesses the ability to move from the comfort zone of mediocrity to
the success zone of peak performance? This realization came - slowly
at first - when he was a young man growing up in a loving,
upper-middle class family in Chicago. An avid sports enthusiast and
the son of a high school principal and teacher, Walter learned from
both parents that he would have to work hard in the classroom and on
the basketball court if he wanted to achieve his dream of playing
basketball at a professional level. Throughout grade school and high
school, Walter never let adversity stop him from being the best
student-athlete he could be. He studied hard and practiced day in
and day out on the basketball court in his backyard. Under the
tutelage of his father and his high school coach, Walter attained a
coveted spot as an All-State player in Illinois his senior year.
This recognition reinforced Walter's commitment to excellence and
helped him earn a basketball scholarship to the University of
Minnesota.
Walter's strong will, his ability to motivate his teammates (while
keeping them laughing) and his "can-do" attitude helped him become a
nationally recognized college player. By the beginning of his senior
year Walter was known as the top sixth man in the NCAA.
Unfortunately, Walter suffered a broken foot not once but twice
during his senior year - at a time when many top division one
players were being courted by the NBA. Walter's "No one can stop you
but YOU" belief and his confidence in himself were put to the test.
However, Walter knew then, as he knows now, that there was no way he
would ever give up on his dreams.
After graduating from the University of Minnesota with a BA in
Communications, Walter worked tirelessly at his game and landed a
position on the Wichita Falls Texans, a team in the Continental
Basketball Association (CBA), the developmental league for the NBA.
He made a remarkable comeback finishing the year stronger, quicker
and more determined than ever. His ability to overcome what could
have been career-ending adversity and his desire to succeed made
Walter work harder than he ever had. That year he made the
all-rookie team and was spotted by the son of Richie Adabato, then
coach of the Dallas Mavericks. Walter's reputation as an exceptional
guard began to spread like wildfire. He was invited to a number of
free agent camps at the end of his first CBA season and Adabato was
so impressed that he signed Walter to play with the Mavericks. That
fall, he became the first ever rookie free agent to start opening
night. Walter, the young man who never, ever gave up on his dreams,
went on to have an eight-year professional basketball career,
playing along side such NBA greats as Karl Malone and John Stockton
as a guard for the Utah Jazz and the Detroit Pistons.
Toward the end of his basketball career, Walter developed the
ability to apply on-the-court success and teamwork to the business
world when he and his wife became owners of a national franchise.
Walter changed his profession but never changed his winning
attitude.
Today, Walter is a highly sought after professional speaker,
motivator, life coach, humorist, son, husband, and father of three
beautiful children. Walter takes the life lessons he has learned
about teamwork, leadership and maintaining that winning edge, and
incorporates these lessons into the professional philosophies that
inform each tailor-made keynote. Walter influences, inspires and
empowers-both personally and professionally-the thousands of men and
women he addresses each year throughout the United States.
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