These days, it seems every aspect of life is getting more and more difficult. 

Difficulty is nothing new to Greg Smith.  As “The Strength Coach,” a 65-pound man who sits strapped in to a 300-pound power wheelchair, Greg is uniquely qualified to inspire your audience with a timely, invaluable lesson about how to turn life’s difficulties into opportunities to grow stronger.

Greg, who has gradually been getting physically weaker his whole life due to muscular dystrophy, has developed an expertise about “inner strength” that has led to amazing personal success.  With his warm personality, infectious smile and dynamic presentation, he will win the hearts of your audience and compel them to learn his fundamental strategies to building inner strength.  Everyone will laugh hysterically, many will nod their heads throughout, and a few will shed tears after hearing his message and discovering the possibilities his strategies can bring to their careers and personal lives.

Greg's inner strength message offers a very simple, yet powerful formula for immediate and lasting change. And his accomplishments are evidence of the results:

• He has been honored as an "Exceptional American" by the National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia; his plaque and picture right between Stevie Wonder and Christopher Reeve.
• He’s been profiled in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CBS News and National Public Radio and other national media.·        
• His remarkable life story was revealed to over two million Americans in the ‘Audience Award Winning’ PBS documentary film, “On A Roll: Family, Disability and the American Dream,” which aired in 2005.
• He is the author of the best-selling, “On A Roll: Reflections from America’s Wheelchair Dude with the Winning Attitude,” and founder of the14-year-running syndicated radio show “On A Roll: Talk Radio on Life & Disability,” later renamed “The Strength Coach Radio Show.”    

Greg inspires live audiences and currently motivates hundreds of thousands through his local television segments called “Timeout with the Strength Coach.”   Attendance at a “Strength Coach” presentation involves much more than hearing his resonant voice.  It is a multi-sensory experience.  He has mastered the skill of weaving stories and insights with graphics and sound effects that reinforce his message.  Greg begins (and then ends) his presentations with his signature “Pepsi Story,” an unforgettable truth that perfectly exemplifies his message of self determination.  That story always ends in thunderous applause combined with genuine laughter.  

There are many great motivational speakers to choose from, but the “Strength Coach” experience uniquely empowers your organization's staff, membership, or conference participants to transform from seat fillers to game changers!  

Greg's clients include:

• Tennessee Volunteers Football Team (who won 5 straight after the speech!)
• United States Departments of Labor, Secret Service, Social Security, Postal Service, NASA, EPA
• Universities:  Arizona State, Colorado State, Florida State, Florida, West Florida, UIC (Chicago) Carl Sandberg, Indiana State, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Southern Miss, Syracuse, Wright State,  Rhodes College, University of Tennessee
• General Motors, Microsoft, Chevron
• Laboratory Products Association, National Association of Black Journalists, American Academy of Physician Assistants, National Rehabilitation Association, Ohio Rehabilitation Association, Georgia Rehabilitation Association, Mississippi Rehabilitation Association