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

You are remembered, he said, prophetically, for the rules you break. I

Play by the rules, but be ferocious.

When you see only problems, you're not seeing clearly.

There were many ways down Mount Fuji, according to my guidebook, but only one way up. Life lesson in that, I thought. Signs

Like it or not, life is a game.

It's never just business. It never will be. If it ever does become just business, that will mean that business is very bad.

How can I leave my mark on the world, I thought, unless I get out there first and see it?

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

I truly believe the American consumer doesn't want to buy products made under abusive conditions.

Perception can be changed

The single easiest way to find out how you feel about someone. Say goodbye.

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

Dare to take chances, lest you leave your talent buried in the ground.

Make history or be a part of it.

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

It is possible to tell a customer "no", and have the customer thank you for doing it

Dream audaciously. Have the courage to fail forward. Act with urgency.

He was easy to talk to, and easy not to talk to-equally important qualities in a friend. Essential in a travel companion.

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

The cowards never started and the weak died along the way. That leaves us, ladies and gentlemen. Us.

I refused to even consider ordering less inventory. Grow or die, that's what I believed, no matter the situation.

It's alright to be Goliath but always act like David.

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

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

Nike is a marketing-oriented company, and the product is our most important marketing tool

My job is to listen to ideas, maybe cook up a few of my own, and make decisions based on what's good for the shareholders and for the company.

We used to think that everything started in the lab. Now we realize that everything spins off the consumer.