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Motivator's walk same as his talk

S.L. speaker hobnobs with stars, lives once-in-a-lifetimes weekly

Published: Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006 11:04 p.m. MST
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Dan Clark must be stopped. He's having way too much fun for a guy who's just doing his job and earning a living.

He's played golf with Alice Cooper, Bill Murray, Vince Gill and Michael Bolton.

He's attended the baseball All-Star Game with future president George W. Bush.

He's spent an afternoon coaching the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders — three times, guys!

He's hung out with Willie Nelson and caddied for Billy Casper, and he once opened for Sting.

He was a house guest of Muhammad Ali, James Garner and Wayne Gretzky. Marvin Hamlisch has been in his home.

He attended the grand opening of Planet Hollywood in New Orleans with Sly Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

He's eaten breakfast with Jack Nicholson, lunch with Walter Cronkite, and dinner with, oh, let's see, Reggie Jackson, Julius Erving, Colin Powell, Charles Barkley, Emmitt Smith, Jane Russell, Ken Griffey Jr., Rudy Giuliani, Tom Selleck, Dick Clark, Jack Lemmon, Charlton Heston, Cal Ripken Jr., John McCain, Buzz Aldrin and Nancy Reagan.

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He's had face time with Michael Jordan, Natalie Cole, Barry Bonds, Bo Jackson, Roger Staubach, Dana Carvey, Joe Montana, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Coretta Scott King, Tom Brady, Michael Vick, Dick Butkus, Hank Aaron, Nolan Ryan.

He's shared the stage with Cheryl Tiegs, Kenny Loggins, David Crosby, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood.

He's been backstage with Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, George Burns, Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, Keith Urban, Toby Keith.

He serves as a speech coach for Paula Abdul and Diamond Dallas Page, whom he considers to be one of his best friends.

Who is Dan Clark, you're wondering? Good question. We're getting there.

Clark is a motivational speaker who lives in Salt Lake City, where he attended high school and college. For 25 years he says he's delivered about 150 speeches a year around the country. Last year he spoke in all 50 states (but rarely Utah) and 21 countries. He says he has spoken to more than 3 1/2 million people, once addressing 45,000 of them in the Superdome.

He speaks to corporations, charities, schools, conventions, all of the military academies and soldiers abroad.

From 1991 to 1992 he delivered four speeches in Russia as a guest of the government. His speeches were aired live on TV to all 15 Russian independent states.

He was the keynote speaker at the U.N. World Congress in Hamburg, Germany.

In 2003, he addressed a meeting of four-star generals and the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Air Force Academy.

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Dan Clark and his wife, Kelly. "In my next life, I want to be Dan Clark," she says.

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