Phil Knight Quotes

• Meeting sports athletes that are the best in the world is a thrill to this day.

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• We wanted Nike to be the world’s best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a focus. You don’t end up making wing tips or sponsoring the next Rolling Stones world tour.

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• At first, we couldn’t be establishment, because we didn’t have any money. We were guerrilla marketers, and we still are, a little bit. But, as we became No. 1 in our industry, we’ve had to modify our culture and become a bit more planned.

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• I still get real nervous when I go in front of more than two people.

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• I’m Phil Knight, and I don’t believe in advertising.

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• Sports is like rock ‘n’ roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international language, and both are all about emotions.

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• The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few.

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• We could see that he was a charismatic guy who jumps over the moon and is very competitive, but nobody could have predicted what he would become to our culture.

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• You can’t explain much in 60 seconds, but when you show Michael Jordan, you don’t have to. It’s that simple.

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• There is an immutable conflict at work in life and in business, a constant battle between peace and chaos. Neither can be mastered, but both can be influenced. How you go about that is the key to success.

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• I don’t consider myself enigmatic, but I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about my public persona.

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• Up until the time I was 14 years old, I was sure that I was going to be a big-league baseball player. But that dream came to a rude awakening when I got cut from my high school baseball team.

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Phil Knight (12)

Birth:	24th February, 1938
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Businessman, Chairman, Founder, Philanthropist

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