Sporting Groups

Inspiring Elite Sport

John continues to receive requests for return visits by a wide range of sporting codes and teams.

In 1994 John was invited to tour and be part of the Australian Cricket Team to South Africa. This tour includes one of his greatest moments, meeting Nelson Mandela.

Tesimonials

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  “John has an amazing capacity to dig deep into the audiences heart to both stimulate and inspire. John's words of advice helped my players confront themselves and their inner demons which in turn enabled them to further challenge themselves and enhance their careers. As Assistant Coach of the NSW State of Origin Team in 1999, John showed his knowledge of the game & the mind power to win. John could coach against any of the top coaches today & be very competitive for any side.”

  Wayne Pearce, Former NSW State of Origin Coach

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  In 2001 the Australian Wallabies called on John to boost their attitudes for the deciding match of the series against the British Irish Lions. Coach Rod McQueen said “here is a man (John) who has had his fair share of challenges and adversity to overcome, we learnt and took from John his belief in himself and made self-belief our theme for the deciding test match. We just believed we could do it.” The Wallabies won that deciding Test Match and the Series for the first time in its history.

  Rod McQueen, Coach Australian Wallabies

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  “Whenever I think of Johnno, two words spring to mind -'boofhead' and 'legend'. One word that certainly doesn't belong in any sentence about Johnno is 'disabled'. It's the last five letters of that adjective that are spot on”

  Stephen Waugh, Former Captain Australian Cricket Team