Meet Bruce Crevier from South Dakota

Holding his older brother's trophies at age 5

Spinning the ball with younger sister Janine, and older brother Bert.

Bruce Crevier grew up in rural South Dakota and is the eleventh of twelve children!    

In the above picture, he is the boy in front, next to his younger sister, Janine.  Other family members pictured:  Raymond (dad) & Patricia (mom), Marty (not pictured - deceased), Maurice, Marc, Teresa, Ray, Tanya, Karen, Beth, Bert, Ann, Bruce, & Janine.

Bruce is thankful and indebted to God for everything; to his wife Diane for being the best thing that happened to him next to having Lord; and to his parents and brother and sisters for teaching him to trust in God, the art of self sacrifice, and the value of hard work. 

Being second to the youngest in an athletic family, Bruce was inspired at an early age to become a great athlete. 

Bruce at 4 years old

From his youth, he had either a basketball or a football in his hand, and would practice daily for hours at a time.  

In the 4th Grade

In the middle of his inspirational older brothers:  Maurice, Marc, Ray & Bert

At left, Bruce practicing with his older sister Tanya; and to the right, getting ready to perform a halftime show for the Chicago Bulls.   

Bruce learned to spin the ball from Tanya, who learned how to spin the basketball from their older brothers, Maurice and Marc.  This led Bruce to practice his basketball handling and spinning at 7 years old.  It was because of the inspiration of his older sister Tanya that Bruce does what he does today!  Bruce had to overcome  many obstacles  to compete in sports.  He was the youngest and the smallest of his 5 older brothers, and what he lacked in talent and size he tried to make up for it by practice and hard work. At 5'9" tall, in a sport made for Giants, the practice paid off, for in high school, he was able to letter in three sports, and like his 4 older brothers, became a first team All-State football player.  He was riding high after high school, and he thought that he would continue with his success! 
 

Bruce had a goal to play College basketball!  So he walked on and made the team at the University of South Dakota his first year, but the second year did not fit into the coaches plans.  At the beginning of his second season, Bruce was CUT from the team!  The college basketball dream faded, but the hope of making his mark was still there.

The inspiration that led Bruce to overcome his faults and inadequacies has motivated him to take the message of how God can make anyone into True Champions - for Champions are not born, but rather they are made one positive choice at a time! 

Zig Ziglar once said, "Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation."  

Bruce found that the preparation of practicing with the basketballs has met with opportunity and has come full circle - for today...

Bruce is married to his wife Diane, and they have "12" children.  He has traveled all over the world (to over 35 countries) performing & sharing a message of hope to this generation.  Bruce uses his basketball talent as an open door to the hearts of youth and adults all across the world.  

What do you get when you package an exciting program with a life changing message?  You get a "Spin-tacular Basketball Show", where youth and adults listen!  Bruce has appeared and spoken in over a thousand public venues including schools - elementary through college, churches, youth groups, civic groups, special event fund raisers, High School, College, & NBA Halftime shows, etc.

Bruce has appeared on numerous television shows including,

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Bruce is a "Four Time Guinness World Record Holder" for spinning the most basketballs at one time, and has spun as may as "21" basketballs simultaneously! Bruce also broke the endurance record for spinning one ball the longest time. Three of these world records were broken on live national television in front of millions of people.   You can read about the endurance record here

Bruce uses his basketball skill, humor and fun, as a platform to inspire and challenge his listeners to "WIN" where it really counts, in the "Game of Life".