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Top 20 quotes from Phil Knight

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ABOUT PHIL KNIGHT

American businessman, co-founder and Chairman of Nike, Inc., Philip Hampson “Phil” Knight

has a net worth of $22.3 billion as of February 2015, according to Forbes’ list of billionaires.

Knight, a former University of Oregon track star, founded Blue Ribbon sports in 1964, selling

Japanese running shoes out of the trunk of his car at track meets on the weekends while

teaching accounting at Portland State. He renamed his company Nike after the Greek

goddess of Victory in 1971 and paid Carolyn Davidson $35 to design the company’s iconic

swoosh logo. In 2002, Knight purchased Will Vinton (Animation) Studios, Travis, Knight’s son,

serves as president and CEO of Knight’s stop-motion film studio, Laika. The studio released its

first feature film, Coraline, in 2009 and plans to release its second film, ParaNorman, in the

summer of 2012. The Knight Management Center at Stanford University opened this past May.

The 8 building complex cost a reported $345 million to construct, with $105 million coming

from Knight himself.

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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.

Phil Knight


The trouble in America is not that we are

making too many mistakes, but that we are

making too few.

Phil Knight


You can't explain much in 60 seconds, but

when you show Michael Jordan, you don't

have to. It's that simple.

Phil Knight


I don't consider myself enigmatic, but I don't

spend a lot of time thinking about my public

persona.

Phil Knight


I'm Phil Knight, and I don't believe in

advertising.

Phil Knight


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


Sports is like rock 'n' roll. Both are dominant

cultural forces, both speak an international

language, and both are all about emotions.

Phil Knight


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.

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


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


Meeting sports athletes that are the best in the

world is a thrill to this day.

Phil Knight


I still get real nervous when I go in front of

more than two people.

Phil Knight


A brand is something that has a clear-cut

identity among consumers, which a company

creates by sending out a clear, consistent

message over a period of years until it

achieves a critical mass of marketing.

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


Play by the rules, but be ferocious

Phil Knight


If you want to spend time saying this is cool,

you’re going to get your ass kicked.

Phil Knight


I do not follow conventional wisdom.

Phil Knight


It doesn’t matter how many people you

offend, as long as you’re getting your message

to your consumers. I say to those people who

do not want to offend anybody: You are going

to have a very, very difficult time having

meaningful advertising.

Phil Knight


Nike is a marketing-oriented company, and

the product is our most important marketing

tool.

Phil Knight


We used to think that everything started in the

lab. Now we realize that everything spins off

the consumer.

Phil Knight


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