Bob Holmes
Founder
The One Man Volleyball Team
- Lives in
- Fayetteville, NC
- Phone
- (910) 988-0865
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About
I have been a motivational speaker for over 20 years, and I am interested in the opportunity to challenge your students or company to Stand Alone & Beat the Odds.
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- ★★★★★
Bob Holmes
Dear Bob, When you came to my school, I was about to end my life. I did not have anything left to do except take up space in everyone's daily lives. I felt useless. I was going to end my life on my birthday, which was coming up on September 26. I had already prepared to hang myself with my own computer cord. It was only a matter of time. But every day I think of how you beat the odds and won against the volleyball team. Now it is my motivation to keep on going. I did not end my life on my birthday. You are my hero Bob. I would like you to share my story with everyone. Just keep motivating. Your Newest Friend, David
- ★★★★★
Bob Holmes
I was planning my death a few nights ago, and prior to meeting you today, I cut my wrist twice Tuesday night. However, I'm not the least bit ashamed to say that I will no longer continue to self-mutilate because of your message. All my life, I've just wanted to meet someone who showed that they truly care whether I'm alive or if I just disappear suddenly. You sir, have shown me that there is hope and staying alive is worth it.
Playing alone on the court allows Bob to emphasize (as a word picture), to not follow the crowd’s destructive path, but to stand alone against bullying, drugs, alcohol, and suicide. Speaking across the nation about these epidemics, offers Bob the opportunity to impact and save individuals from a horrible fate or shortened life, sharing a message of hope and overcoming the odds. Bob is the only one-man team in the world. The uniqueness of his exhibition shifts the attention from the game to the precious lives being rescued.
As of April, 2018, Bob has been in over 6000 gymnasiums and has performed in front of and spoken to over 6,000,000 teenagers and adults. Bob travels around the country helping the teens and adults see that they can "Beat the Odds." When the One-Man Volleyball Team passes off the scene, he wants the epitaph to read: It wasn't the volleyball, but the message that kept me going, and that message is billions of times more important than my game.
About Beat Bob
I have been a motivational speaker for over 20 years, and I am interested in the opportunity to challenge your students or company to Stand Alone & Beat the Odds.