Touchdown! : Achieving Your Greatness on the Playing Field of Business (And Life)

“I’ve been there when Elko has given one of his famous talks and he really fires everyone up. I’ll never let anyone else speak to my team.”

--Nick Saban, Former Head Coach, LSU, National Football Champions; current Head Coach, University of Alabama Crimson Tide

"If I had one choice for someone to work with my firm, I would pick Kevin Elko. He has a unique way to touch people to become the kind of person they were meant to be. When I need a plan for growth, Kevin is my first call."

--Andy Kalbaugh, CEO, Mutual Services (LPL Financial)

"Dr. Elko taught me 'You have to dream it to achieve it' and that before championships and pro bowls happen, in your mind they have already occurred. From the moment I learned it I have not only played that way, I have led that way."

--Ed Reed, All Pro Safety, Baltimore Ravens

What’s your vision? What’s your passion? What do you want most? This book will help you find it, focus on it, and transform it into reality.

Dr. Kevin Elko has spent 20+ years helping people do precisely that: Super Bowl and NCAA Champion athletes and coaches...winning salespeople and corporate executives...audiences who’ve responded with hundreds of standing ovations. His techniques and insights don’t just supercharge performance...they change lives. Now, he’s brought them all together in a single boo--and it may be the greatest motivational book ever written. Elko’s lessons helped the University of Miami build its national championship football team...led Nick Saban to make Elko his team’s only performance consultant...helped NFL all-time leading rusher Emmitt Smith stay relentlessly focused in the face of any challenge. They got what they wanted. Whatever you want, Elko’s message can help you get it, too!

• Build your success brick by brick...until it happens, all of a sudden!
• Seize your season, and become fully alive.
• Gain the certain knowledge that your vision will come true.
• Put aside distractions, identify the price of your vision, and go for it.
• Don’t just claim your success: enjoy it!

From America’s #1 Sports Performance Consultant

Breakthrough success happens first in your mind, and then in the world. In this book, Dr. Kevin Elko shows how to build your success one brick at a time...so when it happens, it happens huge. As America’s #1 performance consultant, Elko knows more about preparing for success than anyone. In this book, he shares everything he’s learned working with legendary athletes such as Emmitt Smith, championship coaches like Nick Saban, and thousands of the world’s top businesspeople. If you’re good, he’ll make you great. If you’re great, he’ll make you the best. It’s your turn. It’s your time. Learn what it takes. Do what it takes. Get this book, and make it happen.

Forewords by Butch Davis and Jon Dorenbos

Preface by Stewart Emery

Dr. Kevin Elko is a nationally renowned performance consultant, professional motivational speaker, and author. In the sports world, Dr. Elko has consulted with Louisiana State University Football and Women’s Basketball, University of Alabama Football, the University of Pittsburgh Athletic Department, University of Miami Football, Rutgers University Football, University of Nebraska Football, the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Dallas Cowboys, the New Orleans Saints, the Cleveland Browns, the Miami Dolphins, the Buffalo Bills, and the Philadelphia Eagles. His presentations and personal consultations have had a major impact on the performance objectives of these teams and individual players. He also developed a highly successful personality test that helped various professional football teams evaluate potential draft choices.

Kevin’s appeal in the sports world translates directly to the corporate arena. Dr. Elko has consulted with and presented to hundreds of companies, including Travelers Insurance Company, Young Presidents’ Organization, Smith Kline Beecham Consumer Brands, Abbott Diagnostics, Prudential Securities, Smith Barney, Merrill Lynch, Pioneer Investments, and Tyson Foods. Born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, Dr. Elko completed his Bachelors in Biology and Coaching Education at California University of Pennsylvania. He went on to West Virginia University where he completed a Masters in Counseling, a Masters in Sports Psychology, a Graduate Certificate in Gerontology, and a Doctorate in Education with a major emphasis in Sport and Counseling.