DALLAS – Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar, who wrote more than 30 books and focused on positivity and leading a balanced life, died Wednesday in Texas. He was 86. Mr. Ziglar, ...

Ziglar died Nov. 28, 2012 after penning many self-help books and speaking around the country. Here are 10 quotes from the author.

DALLAS — Motivational speaker and author Zig Ziglar has died in Texas. He was 86. Ziglar's executive assistant Laurie Magers says Ziglar died Wednesday at a hospital in the Dallas suburb of Plano.

Motivational speaker and author Zig Ziglar has died in Texas. He was 86. Ziglar's executive assistant Laurie Magers says Ziglar died Wednesday at a hospital in the Dallas suburb of Plano.

DALLAS (AP) -- Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar, who wrote more than 30 books and focused on positivity and leading a balanced life, died Wednesday in Texas. He was 86.

“Zig saved the day. With his relentless generosity, corny stories and down-home wisdom, Zig Ziglar invented modern motivational speaking, and touched the world,” Godin once wrote.

Zig Ziglar, whose motivational speeches sought to help people find success in their professional and personal lives, has died at the age of 86. With a folksy manner and a focus on Christianity, he ...

DALLAS (AP) – Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar, who wrote more than 30 books and focused on positivity and leading a balanced life, died Wednesday in Texas. He was 86. Ziglar, who had been ...

Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar, who wrote more than 30 books and focused on positivity and leading a balanced life, died Wednesday in Plano, Texas. He was 86 and had been suffering from pneumonia.

Ziglar started his fulltime career in motivational speaking when he was in his 40s. His first book, "See You at the Top," was published in 1975, when he was 49.