College football analyst and former University of Southern California assistant quarterbacks coach Yogi Roth will host the Elite 11 Quarterback show on a variety of ESPN platforms for the fourth straight season.

The Elite 11 camps have a rich history that spans 14 years. Signal callers such as Carson Palmer, Mark Sanchez and Andrew Luck are a few of the names that have donned the Elite 11 jersey.

For the seconds straight year ESPN NFL Analyst and former Super Bowl winning quarterback Trent Dilfer will serve as the Elite 11 head coach. The Elite 11 staff includes QB guru George Whitfield Jr, current NFL QB Jordan Palmer, former NFL signal caller Ken O’Brien, ESPN HS senior director Brian Stumpf, Nike/SPARQ master trainer Matt James and others.

Yogi will host six regional camps that will serve as web-esodes, as well as provide ancillary content on ESPN.com. In August, he will host multiple hour long shows on ESPN, where the final 2012 Elite 11 quarterbacks are announced.

On April 21, 2012 Yogi Roth will join the Positive Results Corporation and Unity One to be a keynote speaker at their 2nd Annual Stop the Pain Teen Summit on Dating Violence and Bully Prevention. The day is entitled Finding Your Voice Through Confidence and it will be hosted at the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown LA.

“Anti-Bullying is a movement I am extremely passionate about and to be able to speak to over 1,000 people who can help change this issue all over the world is something I’m thankful for. But it is just a start. This is an issue that impacts men and women, boys and girls all over the world and it can end in a simple and quick manner–we must understand the power of our words.” Said Yogi, who has spoken around the globe on this topic, as well as highlighted it in his book From PA to LA.

Yogi will be the final speaker of the event, which is from 10am-5pm. All are welcome to attend this free community event and can register for the 2nd Annual Stop the Pain event here.

Competition is an amazing thing.

No matter our age, gender or religion we can all relate to it. Whether it is via a ball, a book or a relationship there are times in our lives where we strive to simply compete.

And it can do weird things to us that take decades to explain.

Flying back from Dallas to LA I finished watching the Magic vs Bird HBO documentary. It was fascinating to watch how driven each of them were and what specifically drove them to mastery in basketball. Sure, they were self-motivated but they each had a drive to maximize their potential. Both Larry and Erving believed that their work ethic would give them a leg up when their teams faced each other and each off-season that drive led them to their local gymnasium, playground or asphalt court.

As athletes, competition drives us to work harder, longer. Competition pushes us to new heights and beyond traditional comfort zones.

This past weekend I hosted the first 2012 Elite 11 workout at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas. It was an epic environment as quarterbacks from 17 different states arrived in Jerry’s World to prove to themselves, each other and our staff that they were the best signal caller in the nation.

As the camp began, Cowboy’s QB Tony Romo addressed the student-athletes about the importance of hard work. Following that message was Elite 11 head coach Trent Dilfer, as he challenged them to be relentless in their pursuit of a competitive edge. All 64 alpha males were focused, determined and jacked up for this opportunity in front of their peers, ESPN and others.

Sitting on my flight back to the home of the Elite 11 finals I began to think back to what I felt like at 17 years old growing up in Dalton, Pennsylvania. Our goal, on the hot asphalt or torn up gridiron, was simple—compete to be the best—and that competition was an addiction.

Prior to Christmas break in 1999 I got called into our athletic directors office. Tom Parry, who also doubled as our basketball coach since we were 6 years old sat me down and had a massive smile on his face.

“Yogi, you were just named Pennsylvania’s Defensive player of the year…”

In our town of no stoplights and less than 2500 people it seemed like a big deal to him and others. As word spread in Dalton the handshakes and celebratory hugs were nice and my friends thought it was cool that a sign went up at the firehouse and on the front windows of local businesses. But I never really enjoyed it. Truth be told, I couldn’t stop thinking about the other 49 states and those award winners. I kept working, kept running, kept competing.

As the Elite 11 staff pushed 64 quarterbacks this past weekend inside the greatest venue in modern-day sports, the best part was not how well these student-athletes threw the dig route after a 7 step drop with a hitch, but it was how much fun each signal caller had competing, as their demeanor illustrated their passion around the art of competition.

So as the Elite 11 season kicks off and we begin our tour around the nation in search of the top 11 competitors, one thing is certain.

Competition does amazing things…and if you don’t believe me take a moment and think back to a childhood memory…or just ask Magic, Bird or one of the 64 QBs who were in Dallas.

For the second straight spring the Nike Winforever Workshops will tour the nation offering free coaching workshops to high school football coaches and mentors. The clinics will discuss integral elements of coaching and mentoring in an interactive setting.

Winforever founder Yogi Roth will serve as one of the keynote speakers on the Winforever panel alongside Winforever CEO Peter Ruppe, global speaker Kevin Carroll, Nike SPARQ trainer Matt James and high performance psychologist Dr. Michael Gervais.

“Nike and Winforever have come together to guide coaches as they inspire student-athletes on a daily basis. As a college football analyst I get to visit programs all over the nation and what separates the great programs from the average ones are coaching staff’s who have a clear philosophy. We are on a mission to help coaches develop that philosophy so they can maximize their program’s potential.”

The tour will stop in Dallas, Miami, Seattle and Los Angeles in 2012, inspiring the ‘New Generation of Coaches for the Next Generation of Athletes.’ Prominent head coaches who have been a part of the Nike Winforever Workshops are Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, Stanford’s David Shaw, TCU’s Gary Patterson, Dallas Cowboy’s head coach Jason Garrett and Miami Hurricane’s second year coach Al Golden.

For more information visit Winforever.com.

Yogi Roth will be a guest speaker at University of Southern California’s ‘Food for Thought’ event on Wednesday, March 21 on the USC campus. This unique event is designed to make meaningful connections between students and alumni, offering program participants an excellent opportunity to establish new relationships.

“To be a part of the USC family is something I take great pride in and to be invited back for this type of event, surrounded by ridiculously talented professionals and the next generation of leaders, is simply awesome.” Said Roth.

Each of the alumni and student program participants will be selected utilizing faculty, staff, and student referrals. A group of 6-10 students will be paired with an alumnus/alumna with similar interests – same major, interesting career, similar Annenberg activities, inspirational life path. The purpose of the program is to remind the students that they are students today and alumni forever. Hopefully, they will want to follow your lead in giving back to students who come after them.

Click on the link for more information on the event – Food for Thought.