"Prison Fellowship in North Carolina has found the Zig Ziglar training materials to be an invaluable component of the Reentry Life Plan program to prepare prisoners for a successful reentry back into their families and communities. Some of the graduates are now using the Zig Ziglar materials to teach their children. The recidivism rate among the Reentry program graduates who have returned to society is 6% versus a rate of 40% for non-graduates in North Carolina. After thirty years, I still listen to Zig's tapes every day. Some days it's several times, as the training and inspiration take on different meanings as situations change. As the CEO of several companies, a powerful, positive attitude reinforced with solid skills training is everything. Listening to you every day guarantees the right skills plus a fit mental attitude. You have also emphasized to keep mentally and physically fit and that we need to live a well-rounded, healthy lifestyle. "When I was made head football coach in Marshall, Texas, the last playoff game they had won was with Y.A. Tittle at quarterback. We were 42-3 from 1988-1990, culminating with the Big School 5A State Championship in 1990. The primary reason was the use of Zig Ziglar's training program, which enabled the players, student body and community to change their thinking from that of losers to that of winners. It works. "Zig Ziglar's Strategies for Success training program, combined with our people using cassette tapes in their cars, dramatically reduced the turnover of personnel in our three tire stores, where turnover is traditionally high. Since turnover is very expensive, we know the program does not "cost" anything--like other wise investments, it pays dividends." "Zig's goal is to teach, encourage, inform and inspire. He never tells an audience what to do without telling them how to do it. Then he takes it one step further. He motivates people to want to do it! I've been so impressed over the years with the soundness, balance, and pragmatism that you bring to the areas of both theology and practical psychological application. Keep up the great work!" Zig Ziglar is in a class by himself. I first became aware of Zig and his training eighteen or twenty years ago and, since then, I don't think there's anybody who has had a greater impact on my life; and when he impacts my life, he is also going to have an influence on my children, on my wife, and certainly on our team, 94% of whom graduate and get their degree. Our team is also at or near the top in sending players to the NFL and during my eleven-year tenure at Notre Dame, ten of our assistants moved on to head coaching positions including Bob Davie, who followed me at Notre Dame. "For several years I was a depressed, overweight housewife. I slept for fourteen to eighteen hours a day and was going nowhere. When I started listening to Zig Ziglar's tapes I was inspired to take action. I lost the weight, got into sales, and less that five years after I was told I would always need professional care, I was the Vice Presidents of Sales for Disney Radio. Today I'm a published author and international speaker."