Steve Cunningham Biography
Steve Cunningham is an international motivational speaker, conference speaker and after dinner speaker. He has been totally blind from the age of 12, but has never allowed his disability to define or restrict him. Steve is a witty, articulate and passionate man who tells it how it is, and does not suffer fools gladly.
Background and career
The world disappeared from his view one sunny day, as the green and picturesque Malvern Hills became shrouded in a sinister, creeping grey mist. Confused and very lonely, Steve found himself totally, and irreversibly, blind. He was 12 years old.
Sport has always been Steve’s passion, and when his aspirations of becoming a professional footballer with his beloved Aston Villa were dashed, he simply amended his dream, adjusted his talent and went on to captain the England Blind Football team, become a member of the England Blind Cricket Eleven and play to a golfing handicap of 24.
Steve then broke the 100m World Junior Blind sprint title.
Steve had a dream to drive fast cars, so took to the wheel and powered to a new world blind land speed record. He then set new onshore and offshore powerboat records. Holding records on land and sea, Steve then took to the air, and found international media fame as the world’s first blind pilot.
As a motivator he is second to none, giving a complete insight into his own personal achievements thus providing a new perspective for others, and inspiring real change and determination.
Steve’s services as a motivational speaker are in high demand – England’s Rugby team, Wasp RFC, England Cricket Team, Bolton Wanderers FC are just a sample of the sporting bodies who have used Steve in enforcing the “together a team doctrine”.
But breaking records is easier than breaking those barriers we set ourselves, and his deeply-moving story takes audiences on his journey from despair to success. The audience will learn that anyone can break barriers; that the path to true success is in our minds, and not our ability or environment.
A humorous, entertaining and painfully-honest speaker, he makes audiences laugh and cry. A genuine man, Steve sees no disability in his total lack of sight, but takes pride in sharing a true vision which many sighted people fail to recognise, leaving the audience motivated and inspired to achieve their own potential.
Speaking Topics
Totally blind from the age of 12, and an international sportsman, Steve Cunningham is a motivational speaker of the highest calibre.
- Motivation
- Sport
- Inspirational
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Steve Cunningham Reviews
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Thank you for making my colleagues realise that anything is possible with the right belief and mind set
You have never yet let me down. Your audience, my clients, cannot wait to put your thoughts into practice. You inspire through your courage and your personality
You made us look at our lives in a totally different light. Our guests were impressed by a very impressive man.
Steve Cunningham was highly recommended to us, so we invited him to our end of year commercial meeting to share his life story and give us some guidance, inspiration and the motivation to succeed. His remarkable experiences are uplifting and certainly inspirational. Through them he has acquired and unique understanding of how seemingly insurmountable problems and setbacks can ve overcome through the perserverance and determination of the human spirit. The wisdom he is able to pass on through his presentation of these experiences has completely changed our perception of the challenges we face in our business. His true life tales provoke all kinds of emotions and at times we didn't know whether to laugh or cry! Steve is a brilliant entertainer with a superb sense of humour. His courage and personality has highly motivated us all to succeed and move forward with renewed vigour. We are delighted that Steve was recommended to us and in turn would pass on our recommendation to any company needing to completely change thier perspective on business problems.
Thank you very much indeed for speaking at our Finance & IT Seminar. I very much enjoyed your talk, which was both inspirational and very funny. The feedback from the retailers who attended has been universally excellent. You are to be congratulated. One of our members commented 'put this man in charge of the government - he doesn't believe in setbacks or negative thinking!'.
Steve provided us with an inspirational message, and a thrilling view of how to make things happen, against all odds.
You know exactly where you are going, and how you will achieve all of your goals. You lift others to levels they previously thought were unattainable.
Your candid presentation was greatly appreciated and was the talk of the company for a good while. Its amazing what you can do when you decide you wanted to do it.
I can honestly say hand on heart though that nobody has inspired me in the same way as England International, Steve Cunningham. His story is an inspiration and his personal drive and ambition quite outstanding. A great motivational speaker, Steve Cunningham is a hero in every sense of the word…”
We thought he was a friendly, funny and very inspiring in his achievements and how he shared them with the audience.
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