Bobby Martin
With evaluated experience as a professional athlete, Bobby recenters the focus from the artificial lights that surround athletes to discussions on developing the true light that resides within them.
For Bobby Martin, life and success are defined by the journey, not the final destination.
Raised by his grandmother in Atlantic City, many predicted Martin would never make it farther than the city’s vacant lots and back alleys. As the centerpiece of what was widely regarded as the best recruiting class in the nation, pundits pegged Bobby as a sure-fire future NBA player. Neither of these predictions came true. Martin blossomed into a star at Pitt; a six-foot nine-inch battering ram but never quite cracked an NBA roster.
Bobby Martin is a former McDonald’s High School All-American; a four-year Division I varsity basketball letter winner and member of the exclusive 1,000 points club at the University of Pittsburgh; one of just eight players in Pitt history to score 20 points and pull down 20 rebounds in a game; a member of the South Jersey Basketball Hall of Fame, a former NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Assistant Coach at Northeastern University, Div 3 Men's Basketball Assistant Coach at UMass Boston, a certified Personal Trainer and Owner of BMB Training and Development LLC.
Upon graduating from the University of Pittsburgh, Bobby embarked on a 16-year career. After winning a gold medal for Team USA at the 1993 FIBA Americas and a championship in the CBA in 1994 (the minor league for the NBA at the time), Bobby spent 11 years playing in the ACB league in Spain, the best domestic league in the world outside of the NBA. During that time Bobby established himself as one of the greatest rebounders in ACB history.
Bobby’s journey, from Atlantic City to the heights of college basketball’s biggest stage, the heartbreak of falling just short of his NBA dreams, and his rebirth overseas, has been marked by resiliency.
Far beyond his on the court exploits during his globe-trotting, Bobby became a student of trying to understand the mixed messages that professional sports present to young minds. Starting with an in-depth analysis of his own journey. Bobby took a long look at the people who were critical to his success – his grandmother, who instilled in him a passion to always keep a learner's mentality, his aunt, whose daycare for special needs students when he was a child showed him that people are far more capable than we often realize if given the tools and support needed to succeed; and the basketball trainer who helped him revive his career after coming up short pursuing the NBA. In the end, with all the help he was given, Bobby found that when all is said and done, validation must come from within.
After Bobby retired from professional basketball, he was inspired to pay the lessons he had learned forward, and began training collegiate and professional basketball players and imparting to them the lessons he had learned both on and off the court during his personal and professional journey. The money was good and the work was rewarding to help the next generation of pros, but several years in Bobby realized that the biggest takeaway from his career – the importance of communication, not just to peers, teammates, coaches and teachers, but above all to one’s self – were applicable to people from all walks of life who simply wanted to be better.
Today, Bobby continues to train basketball players – from kids who simply want to feel good about competing to middle to high schoolers trying to make a roster, to kids trying to land a college scholarship – while also serving as the practical instructor for the Academy of Sports and Fitness Training. With a basketball court as his classroom, Bobby helps athletes recognize, redefine and repurpose some of the emotions that paralyze us all at different times. Bobby doesn't simply share how to bounce back from disappointments but stresses the responsibility we all have to bounce back better.
Bobby is a husband and father of three who resides in the metro west outside of Boston; While Bobby once dreamt of playing in the NBA, today he aspires to host a Ted Talk.
For Bobby Martin, life and success are defined by the journey, not the final destination.
Raised by his grandmother in Atlantic City, many predicted Martin would never make it farther than the city’s vacant lots and back alleys. As the centerpiece of what was widely regarded as the best recruiting class in the nation, pundits pegged Bobby as a sure-fire future NBA player. Neither of these predictions came true. Martin blossomed into a star at Pitt; a six-foot nine-inch battering ram but never quite cracked an NBA roster.
Bobby Martin is a former McDonald’s High School All-American; a four-year Division I varsity basketball letter winner and member of the exclusive 1,000 points club at the University of Pittsburgh; one of just eight players in Pitt history to score 20 points and pull down 20 rebounds in a game; a member of the South Jersey Basketball Hall of Fame, a former NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Assistant Coach at Northeastern University, Div 3 Men's Basketball Assistant Coach at UMass Boston, a certified Personal Trainer and Owner of BMB Training and Development LLC.
Upon graduating from the University of Pittsburgh, Bobby embarked on a 16-year career. After winning a gold medal for Team USA at the 1993 FIBA Americas and a championship in the CBA in 1994 (the minor league for the NBA at the time), Bobby spent 11 years playing in the ACB league in Spain, the best domestic league in the world outside of the NBA. During that time Bobby established himself as one of the greatest rebounders in ACB history.
Bobby’s journey, from Atlantic City to the heights of college basketball’s biggest stage, the heartbreak of falling just short of his NBA dreams, and his rebirth overseas, has been marked by resiliency.
Far beyond his on the court exploits during his globe-trotting, Bobby became a student of trying to understand the mixed messages that professional sports present to young minds. Starting with an in-depth analysis of his own journey. Bobby took a long look at the people who were critical to his success – his grandmother, who instilled in him a passion to always keep a learner's mentality, his aunt, whose daycare for special needs students when he was a child showed him that people are far more capable than we often realize if given the tools and support needed to succeed; and the basketball trainer who helped him revive his career after coming up short pursuing the NBA. In the end, with all the help he was given, Bobby found that when all is said and done, validation must come from within.
After Bobby retired from professional basketball, he was inspired to pay the lessons he had learned forward, and began training collegiate and professional basketball players and imparting to them the lessons he had learned both on and off the court during his personal and professional journey. The money was good and the work was rewarding to help the next generation of pros, but several years in Bobby realized that the biggest takeaway from his career – the importance of communication, not just to peers, teammates, coaches and teachers, but above all to one’s self – were applicable to people from all walks of life who simply wanted to be better.
Today, Bobby continues to train basketball players – from kids who simply want to feel good about competing to middle to high schoolers trying to make a roster, to kids trying to land a college scholarship – while also serving as the practical instructor for the Academy of Sports and Fitness Training. With a basketball court as his classroom, Bobby helps athletes recognize, redefine and repurpose some of the emotions that paralyze us all at different times. Bobby doesn't simply share how to bounce back from disappointments but stresses the responsibility we all have to bounce back better.
Bobby is a husband and father of three who resides in the metro west outside of Boston; While Bobby once dreamt of playing in the NBA, today he aspires to host a Ted Talk.
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