Mattie

"So I found business where I can blend my business side, um, with that competitive side of sports. And it's, it's a perfect blend for me."

"It's a ton of problem solving, because every single person you deal with is their own separate entity. You've got to figure out what motivates them, what's going to drive them, to donate at a high level and to feel really engaged."

"I've really tried to embrace that and I just bring 'em along when I can."

"you've gotta be personable and you've gotta be curious about people. 'cause it's gotta be authentic."

"I love the energy of being around college students and about being around the teams."

"It's a rapidly changing environment of college athletics. There is a big business element to it."

"The greatest threat is not changing. So we've gotta always be aggressive in our planning and making sure that we are kind of staying on the forefront of innovation."

"You gotta be a sports fan...at the end of the day, you better be kind of a crazy sports fan"

"It has been a typically male-dominated industry, so as a woman in this space, you definitely have to advocate for yourself."

"we depend on student workers so much and we hire a ton of them. Um, because they are proven, they are informed, they already are trained."

"if you have the power to amplify voices, to use that power"

"I think anything you do, you have to have kind of that startup mentality."

"I needed to see her to know that that was possible."