Never Give Up, Never Quit

Retired U.S. Army Staff Sergeant and Recalibrated Warrior Travis Mills’ story of resiliency inspires, challenges, encourages, and motivates audiences.
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Travis Mills’ larger-than-life personality, sense of humor, and enthusiasm engage teams from the moment he takes the stage. Travis’ incredible story will inspire audiences to dig deep and face their own challenges with persistence and motivation.

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Travis Mills is one of only five soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to survive a quadruple amputation. Here, he describes his journey to a truly remarkable recovery made through willpower, faith, and the unconditional love of his family.

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Reading guides and other curated content is available to complement Travis’s inspiring story.

Travis Mills appears on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to discuss his inspiring recovery.

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“Travis is one of the most inspiring and encouraging stories of our generation!”
Lockheed Martin Corporation
“SSG (Retired) Travis Mills is one of the finest public speakers I have ever listened to. ...Weeks later, he is still mentioned every day.”
Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary
“Travis is a terrific public speaker, who fluctuates between humor and sobering sincerity.”
Open Hearts Foundation
“Travis was amazing! Many said he was our best speaker ever! I honestly in all my years of marketing and attending events haven’t heard anyone as personable as Travis.”
The Home Front Cares
“His message resonated with the audience and he guided them through a brilliant presentation on setting goals, innate motivation, persistence, and having purpose to one’s life.”
Veterans’ Resource Center at Central Michigan University

Program Topics

  • Tough As They Come

    Travis Mills tells his story of thriving in the face of unimaginable difficulties with humor, insight, and hope. Simultaneously inspiring, challenging, and motivational, audiences everywhere have been transformed by Travis’s journey.

Tough As They Come

While on tour in Afghanistan, United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills was caught in an IED blast days before his twenty-fifth birthday. He survived, but at a cost, becoming one of only five soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to survive a quadruple amputation. Suddenly, Travis faced a future drastically different from the one he had imagined for himself. Tough as They Come is the story of his remarkable recovery and an inspirational account of willpower and endurance.

Available as aperback, eBook, and unabridged audio
272 pages; October 25, 2016

 

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Tough As They Come

“A story of hope and resilience, and a reminder that no matter what life may throw at us, as Travis says, as long as we ‘Never Give Up, Never Quit’, we can achieve anything we set our hearts and minds to. He is quite simply a great American and an example for us all.”

—Gary Sinise, Actor, Director, Veterans advocate and founder of Gary Sinise Foundation

“This book exemplifies the qualities that made Travis an outstanding soldier: it is gutsy and honest, filled with humor even in the darkest moments, and always driven by a love for both family and country.”

—Troy Aikman, NFL Hall Fame Quarterback
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