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At 22, Johnny Quinn saw his name on an NFL locker room nameplate and thought he’d made it. By 26, he’d been cut three times, lost $2.6 million in contracts, and blown out his knee. His football career was over — but his story wasn’t.
Four years after his last NFL snap, Quinn became the third person in history to play professional football and compete in the Winter Olympics, representing Team USA in bobsled at the 2014 Sochi Games. He went from never having seen a bobsled to being launched down an ice track at 80 miles per hour on the world’s biggest stage — proof, he says, that a setback isn’t the end of the story. It’s the setup for the next one.
His signature P.U.S.H. framework: Prepare with Discipline, Understand Yourself, Serve the Team, Harness the Moment, has helped thousands of leaders and teams collaborate more effectively, stay agile through disruption, and build lasting momentum, no matter the season they are in.
Today, Johnny takes that same mindset onto stages for organizations like Toyota, Southwest Airlines, Verizon, Lockheed Martin, and Chick-fil-A.
A Certified Speaking Professional (a distinction held by fewer than 15% of speakers worldwide) and author of PUSH: Breaking Through the Barriers, Quinn has been featured by ESPN, CNN, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, BBC, and NBC.
Audiences don’t just leave inspired: they leave with strategies they can put to work the very next day!
Johnny lives in Texas with his wife, Amanda, and their two young children.
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Every high-achieving team faces unexpected moments that test everything they’ve got—their discipline, their focus, and their self-belief. When the stakes are high and the outcome uncertain, how do you not just survive the season, but stay ready for what’s next?
From NFL locker rooms to the Olympic starting line, Johnny Quinn learned that readiness isn’t luck. It’s built through the right mindset and daily disciplines that prepare you for opportunity before it even arrives at your door.
In this relatable and instantly applicable talk, he reveals the P.U.S.H. framework that turns great teams into unstoppable ultra performers.
Getting cut three times from the NFL should have ended Johnny Quinn’s athletic dreams. Instead, it led him to the Olympics.
In this inspiring and practical keynote, Johnny reveals the mental framework that separates those who let rejection define them from those who use it as rocket fuel for what’s next.
Through his journey from NFL rejection to Olympic competition, Johnny shows how to develop the mindset that doesn’t just bounce back from setbacks—it uses them as stepping stones to breakthrough performance.
Every great leader faces the same question: how do you build teams that rise to the occasion when everything’s on the line and things don’t always go to plan?
Through setbacks in professional football and breakthroughs at the Winter Olympics, Johnny Quinn discovered that readiness starts within. The difference isn’t just talent—it’s the mindset and daily disciplines that prepare both you and your team for whatever comes next.
In this inspiring and tactical keynote, Johnny reveals the leadership principles that turn pressure into performance and potential into consistent results.
In a culture filled with skepticism, competing worldviews, and difficult questions, it’s critical for believers to understand that Christianity is not built on blind faith. It is supported by evidence. In this presentation, we explore four foundational questions:
For each question, we’ll examine the core idea, the strongest evidence, and the most common objections raised by skeptics—and how to respond to them. My goal is to help people think deeply, examine the evidence, and gain confidence that the Christian faith can stand up to honest questions. If you’re looking for an engaging apologetics presentation that equips believers, strengthens their confidence in God’s Word, and welcomes seekers into the conversation, I would love to be your speaker.
Johnny didn’t just play professional football — he lost it, three times, before rebuilding himself into a U.S. Olympian. That’s what makes his P.U.S.H. framework different: Prepare with Discipline, Understand Yourself, Serve the Team, Harness the Moment. It’s not theory. It’s the exact formula he used to turn a career-ending setback into an Olympic breakthrough. When your leaders and teams need to push past what’s holding them back, Johnny shows them how.
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