We wanted Nike to be the world's best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a focus. You don't… — Phil Knight Copy Share Image
Sports is like rock 'n' roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international language, and both are all about emotions. — Phil Knight Copy Share Image
“But everyone’s an athlete, he said. If you have a body, you’re an athlete.” — Phil Knight Copy Share Image
“This I decided is what sports are, what they can do. Like books, sports give people a sense of having lived other… — Phil Knight Copy Share Image
Meeting sports athletes that are the best in the world is a thrill to this day. — Phil Knight Copy Share Image
If you're trying to get into the sports business, you really have to find a niche. — Phil Knight Copy Share Image
“Bowerman was forever griping that people make the mistake of thinking only elite Olympians are athletes. But everyone’s an athlete, he said.… — Phil Knight Copy Share Image
A shoe dog is somebody that really loves shoes, and that was me. I was a runner... that became important to me, and it's… — Phil Knight Copy Share Image
Dare to take chances, lest you leave your talent buried in the ground. — Phil Knight Copy Share Image
“what I knew that morning in March 1977 as we settled around the conference table. I wasn’t even sure how these guys reached us,… — Phil Knight Copy Share Image
“When you make something, when you improve something, when you deliver something, when you add some service or product to the lives of strangers… — Phil Knight Copy Share Image
“It’s possible that we were never closer, maybe because our relationship had been reduced to its primal essence. He was my dad, I was… — Phil Knight Copy Share Image
“Oneness—in some way, shape, or form, it’s what every person I’ve ever met has been seeking.” — Phil Knight Copy Share Image
