Quotes by Mike Martino

“He elevates his emotions. Id like to tone that down a bit, but it works for him. Some athletes, youve got to find what motivates them, youve got to fire them up. With him its not a problem.”

“We want to be able to pay our own way. We are a revenue-producing sport. We do it ourselves, theres 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.”

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

“We studied this guy for hours on film. Wed never used the technology that way.”

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