Jim was a bench warmer in high school with the nickname “Warm-Up
Bouton.” His guidance counselor recommended a career as a forest ranger.
People are still having trouble predicting what Jim Bouton might do next.
This Yankee twenty-game winner, author of Ball Four, TV sportscaster,
actor, inventor, and businessman, is also a major league speaker. His presentation
is a highly entertaining combination of anecdotes, insights and
inspiration, tailored to his audience. And he’s very very funny.
Bouton believes in focusing on the process to achieve goals. He
encourages his audience to think like athletes, get into the fun of the enterprise,
the challenge of long odds, the satisfaction in details, the thrill of
extraordinary effort, the joy of work. His love of a challenge led to his
unprecedented comeback to the major leagues at the age of 39, after an
eight-year retirement. “The irony,” says Bouton, “is that by focusing on the
process you reach the goals more often.”
