Pat Croce

About Pat

• He grew up down the street from Connie Mack Stadium, where the Phillies played and where his father was an usher.
• Growing up, he had discipline from his dad, who worked multiple jobs, and the dreaming factor from his mom.
• Believes it's important to balance your dreaming with you doing; take action on your dreams.
• He says, "you name it, I did it"; started as a paperboy when he was 11, so he had a work ethic from very early on.
• He went to college with the dream of playing basketball, but he also had an interest in health, volunteered in a hospital.
• Finally he was exposed to the field of sports medicine, which combined his two greatest interests.
• He opened the first sports medicine center in a hospital setting in America; within 10 years, he had 40 locations.
• Says the most important thing is to ask: "if you don't ask, the answer's always no"; says he only got the Sixers job because persistently asked for it.