Nike Quotes

• When Nike says, just do it, that's a message of empowerment. Why aren't the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration?

  Naomi Klein

  Inspiration, Voice, People

  "No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs". Book by Naomi Klein, December 1999.

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• I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.

  LeBron James

  Basketball

  Inside Hoops Interview, www.insidehoops.com. June 14, 2003.

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• The only one who can tell you "You can't" is you. And you don't have to listen.-Nike

  Dean Karnazes

  Dean Karnazes (2012). “Run!: 26.2 Stories of Blisters and Bliss”, p.205, Rodale

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• Nike has always been a business about excellence and achievement.

  Andrew Young

  Achievement, Excellence

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• I remember when you could always rely on those little street kids to pop a few people for the latest Nikes," Vice-President John said. "Now people get mugged for Reeboks, for Adidas - for generics, for Christ's sake.

  Max Barry

  Kids, People, President

  Max Barry (2004). “Jennifer Government”, p.14, Vintage

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• Nike doesn't want to make products for everyone - they want to make products for champions.

  Simon Sinek

  Champion, Want, Products

  "If The CEO Speaks, Make Sure He Says Why" by Simon Sinek, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 16, 2010.

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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.

  Phil Knight

  Sports, Knights, Wings

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• Everybody in America is a part of this big herd of cattle being led to the marketplace, not to be sold, which is usual with cattle, but to do the buying. And everyone is branded. You see the brands - Nike, Puma, Coke - all over their bodies. Pretty soon you'll go to a family and say, "$100,000 if we can tattoo Pepsi on your child's forehead, and we'll have it removed when he's twenty-one. A hundred grand."

  George Carlin

  Tattoo, Children, America

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• In the 'Nike Economy,' there are no standards, no borders and no rules. Clearly, the global economy isn't working for workers in China and Indonesia and Burma any more than it is for workers here in the United States.

  John J. Sweeney

  United States, Borders, Economy

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• Ah swear, ah will croak if she asks me for a pair of Nikes instead of Christian Louboutins!

  Jessica Simpson

  Christian, Pregnancy, Louboutins

  "Pregnant Jessica Simpson poses nude for Elle magazine: Biggest pregnant celeb shocker?", www.foxnews.com. March 7, 2012.

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

  Phil Knight

  Business, Knights, Marketing

  "High-Performance Marketing: An Interview with Nike’s Phil Knight". Interview with Geraldine E. Willigan, hbr.org.

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• Storytelling is the game. It's what we all do.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Games, Storytelling

  "How to Cash In on Your Passion: An Interview With Gary Vaynerchuk". Interview with Rich Brooks, www.fastcompany.com. October 12, 2009.

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• If you ask people in the US what logos they like and recognise, they'll name Target or Nike.

  Michael Bierut

  Names, People, Target

  Source: facingsideways.com

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• Nike store won't accept my Starbucks card as payment. Come on guys, just do it.

  Dov Davidoff

  Acceptance, Guy, Cards

  FaceBook post by Dov Davidoff from Jul 22, 2011

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• There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.

  Bill Bowerman

  Funny, Motivational, Running

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• I'll leave you with one that I have hanging on my office wall, compliments of Nike: Impossible is nothing.

  Muhammad Ali

  Wall, Office, Hanging On

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• Nike told me, 'We can't give you royalties because you're not a professional athlete.' I told them 'I'll go to the Garden and play one-on-no-one.' I'm a performance athlete!

  Kanye West

  Athlete, Garden, Play

  "Kanye West Partners With Adidas, Cuts Ties With Nike" by Evan Minsker, pitchfork.com. November 25, 2013.

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• Part of an icon's power comes from its indivisibility. The swoosh cannot be further deconstructed into its component parts. Just as golden arches mean McDonald's, and the little red tab means Levi's, the swoosh is Nike. The product is its icon, inseparably and without exception. To buy a pair of Nike shoes is to buy the Nike swoosh.

  Douglas Rushkoff

  Mean, Mcdonalds, Shoes

  Douglas Rushkoff (2000). “Coercion: Why We Listen to what "they" Say”, Riverhead Books

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• If we are not committed to saving this earth we will be buying designer air filters and gas masks with little Nike swishes on them.

  Assata Shakur

  Air, Filters, Earth

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• I admire firms that have achieved a real differentiation from their competitors. Nike is all about mastering sports. Apple is all about creating technologies to make life easier and better. Audi is is all about introducing new technologies to make automobiles safer and better performing.

  Philip Kotler

  Sports, Real, Technology

  Interview With Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. May 10, 2015.

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• We used a racquetball and threw it off the wall as hard as we could, then tracked it down with our eyes and feet. Nike has new balls that bounce all sorts of different directions and really help you learn to track the ball and move your feet to react quickly.

  Antonio Cromartie

  Wall, Moving, Eye

  Source: www.nfl.com

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• Beginning in 1978, Nike paid coaches to put their shoes on the team.

  Sonny Vaccaro

  Team, Shoes, Coaches

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• Having a size 9 foot is fantastic because almost all of the shoe companies do their prototyping in size 9, so if you visit a place like Nike headquarters, you can try every sort of wacky, out-there model.

  Tim Ferriss

  Feet, Shoes, Trying

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• My father is a real idealist, and he's all about learning. If I asked for a pair of Nikes growing up, it was just a resounding 'No.' But if I asked for a saxophone, one would appear and next day and I'd be signed up for lessons. So anything to do with education or learning, my father would spare no expense.

  Hugh Jackman

  Growing Up, Father, Real

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• Nike used to be known as Blue Ribbon Sports. What's now Sara Lee used to be Consolidated Foods. And Exxon was once Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. These were name changes that worked. But for all the ones that do, there are 10 or 20 that don't.

  James Surowiecki

  Sports, Blue, Names

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