Mike Martino Quotations

He elevates his emotions. I'd like to tone that down a bit, but it works for him. Some athletes, you've got to find what motivates them, you've got to fire them up. With him it's not a problem.

We studied this guy for hours on film. We'd never used the technology that way.

We have a great product. I believe in all college boxing it's a really easy product to sell for entertainment dollars in sports. Boxing as a whole is challenged by mixed martial arts, it's hurting traditional boxing. It's a different era now for boxing. It's difficult to get people to follow the sport. It's special for us to have loyal fans.

We want to be able to pay our own way. We are a revenue-producing sport. We do it ourselves, there's no paid coaches, no salaries. We travel well, we have nice equipment. We do great trips with the kids. We treat it like a Division I program.

It was a toss up and it could have gone either way.