208 Quotes by Phil Knight

Fear of failure, I thought, will never be our downfall as a company. No that any of us thought we wouldn’t fail; in fact we had every expectation that we would. But when we did fail, we had faith that we’d do it fast, learn from it, and be better for it.

If my life was to be all work no play, I wanted my work to be play.

He was waiting for me to bend, to up my offer, but for once in my life I had leverage, because I had nothing left to give. “Take it or leave it” is like four of a kind. Hard to beat.

The East Coast was running smoothly, but it now involved too much administration for him. The whole thing needed reorganizing, streamlining, and that wasn’t the best use of Johnson’s time or creativity.

Whatever comes, just don’t stop. That’s.

Any building is a temple if you make it so.

I think of the countless Nike offices around the world. At each one, no matter the country, the phone number ends in 6453, which spells out Nike on the keypad. But, by pure chance, from right to left it also spells out Pre’s best time in the mile, to the tenth of a second: 3:54.6.

When goods don’t pass international borders, soldiers will.

Before running a big race, you always want to walk the track.