Quotes of Phil Knight - somelinesforyou

“ Play by the rules, but be ferocious. ”

- Phil Knight

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

- Phil Knight

“ I’d tell men and women in their midtwenties not to settle for a job or a profession or even a career. Seek a calling. Even if you don’t know what that means, seek it. If you’re following your calling, the fatigue will be easier to bear, the disappointment will be fuel, the highs will be like nothing you’ve ever felt. ”

- Phil Knight

“ When you make something, when you improve something, when you deliver something, when you add some new thing or service to the lives of strangers, making them happier or healthier or safer or better, and when you do it all crisply and efficiently, smartly, the way everything should be done but so seldom is — you’re participating more full in the whole grand human drama. ”

- Phil Knight

“ Play by the rules, but be ferocious. ”

- Phil Knight

“ A few years ago there was a poll in China to name the greatest man ever. The winner was Mao, but there was a tie for second between Zhou Enlai and Michael Jordan of the Chicago Red Oxen! ”

- Phil Knight

“ We're not in the fashion business, as the Wall Street Journal wrote the other day. We're in the sports business, and there's a big difference. ”

- Phil Knight

“ We're not in the fashion business, as the Wall Street Journal wrote the other day. We're in the sports business, and there's a big difference. ”

- Phil Knight

“ A few years ago there was a poll in China to name the greatest man ever. The winner was Mao, but there was a tie for second between Zhou Enlai and Michael Jordan of the Chicago Red Oxen! ”

- Phil Knight

“ 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. ”

- Phil Knight

“ A few years ago there was a poll in China to name the greatest man ever. The winner was Mao, but there was a tie for second between Zhou Enlai and Michael Jordan of the Chicago Red Oxen! ”

- Phil Knight

“ I was very aware of shoes when I was running track. The American shoes were offshoots of tire companies. Shoes cost $5, and you would come back from a 5-mile run with your feet bleeding. ”

- Phil Knight

“ 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. ”

- Phil Knight

“ A few years ago there was a poll in China to name the greatest man ever. The winner was Mao, but there was a tie for second between Zhou Enlai and Michael Jordan of the Chicago Red Oxen! ”

- Phil Knight

“ A few years ago there was a poll in China to name the greatest man ever. The winner was Mao, but there was a tie for second between Zhou Enlai and Michael Jordan of the Chicago Red Oxen! ”

- Phil Knight

“ 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. ”

- Phil Knight

“ 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. ”

- Phil Knight

“ We're not in the fashion business, as the Wall Street Journal wrote the other day. We're in the sports business, and there's a big difference. ”

- Phil Knight

“ We're not in the fashion business, as the Wall Street Journal wrote the other day. We're in the sports business, and there's a big difference. ”

- Phil Knight

“ A few years ago there was a poll in China to name the greatest man ever. The winner was Mao, but there was a tie for second between Zhou Enlai and Michael Jordan of the Chicago Red Oxen! ”

- Phil Knight

“ 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. ”

- Phil Knight

“ Ultimately, 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. ”

- Phil Knight

“ Ultimately, 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. ”

- Phil Knight

“ 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. ”

- Phil Knight

“ 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. ”

- Phil Knight

“ A few years ago there was a poll in China to name the greatest man ever. The winner was Mao, but there was a tie for second between Zhou Enlai and Michael Jordan of the Chicago Red Oxen! ”

- Phil Knight

“ I was very aware of shoes when I was running track. The American shoes were offshoots of tire companies. Shoes cost $5, and you would come back from a 5-mile run with your feet bleeding. ”

- Phil Knight

“ 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. ”

- Phil Knight

“ 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. ”

- Phil Knight

“ We're not in the fashion business, as the Wall Street Journal wrote the other day. We're in the sports business, and there's a big difference. ”

- Phil Knight
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