Our Guest

Desmond D. Clark is an entrepreneur, investor, author, mentor, and keynote speaker who is dedicated to excellence and enhancing the lives of others. 

After an outstanding 13-year career in the NFL as Tight End for the Chicago Bears, Desmond D. Clark currently serves as President of the NFL Alumni Chicago Chapter. 

Guest Highlights 

. CEO of the Corporate Cup Celebrity Challenge; a mission to bridge the chasm of poverty through educational empowerment  . Served on the board of the 2013 Make A Wish Foundation, and was awarded the “Mentor of the Year” award by Senator Danny Davis for his outstanding leadership and dedication to the community. 

. Leveraged his years of leadership on and off the field to help others achieve their maximum potential and build a better community

  What we talk about:

· The false picture that society has painted up for grown men

· How Desmond Clark manages to through a transition

· 2 different ways you can look at situations

· The culture in the environments with all the muscles and energy waiting to compete

· Difference between being hurt and being injured

· Where Desmond developed the capability of transitioning smoothly from one thing into another thing

· Best piece of advice Desmond ever got from being in the NFL

· What is Desmond Clark fearful of? What is he still scared of?

Quotes

"Get up every day and attack the day based on your standards"- Desmond

"The last thing that you want to do is disappoint somebody" - Desmond

"You've got to be committed and if you're not then you're going to let somebody down, even if somebody is yourself" - Desmond

"I told myself that I have would not be a disappointment to my mom and I told my mom that I would be successful" - Desmond

"I want my kids to say 'I'm so proud of my dad because of what he was able to do not only for us but for other people as well'"-- Desmond

"If I can't be true to myself I can't be true to anybody else" - Desmond

"I'm always going to make sure I try to put people in position to have victory" - Desmond 

"Every door that I walk in I try to walk out of that door where I could walk back and somebody's going to greet me with a hug and a smile"-Desmond

"People who become champions are people that do too small mundane things better than their competition" - Desmond

"It's the ordinary people that become champions because they do the small things at an extraordinary level" - Desmond 

"Reason people don't become successful is because they get bored and they have a more superior interest in actually make themselves feel really good in the immediate time: instant gratification" - Manny Patrick

Being comfortable can definitely be the enemy of progress - Desmond

"There's always somebody with something more than you and there's always with somebody something worse than you" - Manny Patrick

Connect with the Guest

Instagram: dezclark 88, Clark 88 

Twitter: dezclark88 

Facebook: Desmond Clark