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Johnny Quinn
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U.S. Olympian Johnny Quinn is a dynamic keynote speaker, Olympic bobsledder, and former NFL player who helps organizations turn great teams into unstoppable ultra-performers. Johnny's P.U.S.H. framework has equipped thousands at organizations like Toyota, Southwest Airlines, and Verizon to collaborate more effectively, stay agile during disruption, and build momentum, no matter the season.
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U.S. Olympian Johnny Quinn helps organizations build sustainable high performance, drawing on a career path that took him from NFL locker rooms to the Olympic starting line in Sochi. The third person in history to play professional football and compete at the Winter Olympics, Johnny represented the United States in bobsled at the 2014 Winter Games after being cut from three NFL rosters and losing over two million dollars in contracts.
He is the author of PUSH: Breaking Through the Barriers and has been featured by ESPN, CNN, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal. Drawing on experience from two of the world's most competitive arenas, Johnny helps leaders create teams that perform consistently through uncertainty and change.
His P.U.S.H. framework gives organizations practical ways to strengthen accountability, improve collaboration under pressure, and build the habits that keep teams prepared for what comes next. He holds the NSA Certified Speaking Professional designation and has worked with organisations including Toyota, Southwest Airlines, Verizon, and Lockheed Martin. Audiences leave with a concrete framework for building daily habits that prepare them for opportunity, strategies for turning setbacks into a competitive advantage, and a clearer understanding of how discipline and teamwork drive results when stakes are high.
Book Johnny Quinn for breakthrough performance strategies that turn strong teams into unstoppable ones.
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Johnny Quinn draws on his journey from three NFL cuts to the Olympic starting line to show teams how breakthrough performance is built before opportunity arrives. His P.U.S.H. framework gives audiences a practical system for collaborating under pressure, building the daily habits that sustain readiness, and reframing setbacks as the setup for what comes next. Grounded in two of the world's most competitive environments, this session leaves teams with tools they can use the following morning.
Few speakers can point to a setback as specific as being cut from three NFL rosters and losing millions in contracts, then pivot that experience into an Olympic appearance. Johnny Quinn does exactly that, using his own story as the framework for helping audiences develop the mindset that keeps high performers moving when conditions are against them. This session covers the disciplines that drive consistent results and the habits that keep teams ready when their next opportunity shows up.
Johnny Quinn translates the leadership principles he absorbed across NFL teams and the U.S. Olympic program into a session built for leaders who need their teams to perform when it matters most. He addresses how to build cultures of genuine accountability, how to lead through disruption in ways that build rather than drain momentum, and how to turn adversity into a competitive edge. Practical, direct, and grounded in experience rather than theory.
When industries shift, technology disrupts, or the rules of the game change overnight, the organizations that thrive are those who built readiness before the moment arrived. Johnny Quinn's session uses his move from professional football to the Winter Olympics as the anchor for a framework that helps teams develop the agile mindset and daily disciplines needed to turn uncertainty into opportunity. Audiences leave with a clear, actionable approach to staying competitive through any season of change.
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Johnny Quinn structures his sessions around his P.U.S.H. framework, a named system drawn from his own career trajectory — three NFL cuts followed by an Olympic bobsled appearance at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi — which he uses to give audiences a repeatable process for building accountability, sustaining readiness, and converting setbacks into forward momentum.
Johnny Quinn structures his sessions around his P.U.S.H. framework, a named system drawn from his own career trajectory — three NFL cuts followed by an Olympic bobsled appearance at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi — which he uses to give audiences a repeatable process for building accountability, sustaining readiness, and converting setbacks into forward momentum.
Johnny Quinn structures his sessions around his P.U.S.H. framework, a named system drawn from his own career trajectory — three NFL cuts followed by an Olympic bobsled appearance at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi — which he uses to give audiences a repeatable process for building accountability, sustaining readiness, and converting setbacks into forward momentum.
Johnny Quinn's sessions address breakthrough performance and habit-building, resilience and high-performance mindset, and leadership through adversity and accountability. He is the third person in history to play professional football and compete at the Winter Olympics, representing the United States in bobsled at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi after being cut from three NFL rosters.
Johnny Quinn's sessions address breakthrough performance and habit-building, resilience and high-performance mindset, and leadership through adversity and accountability. He is the third person in history to play professional football and compete at the Winter Olympics, representing the United States in bobsled at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi after being cut from three NFL rosters.
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