208 Quotes by Phil Knight

Pre was most famous for saying, “Somebody may beat me – but they’re going to have to bleed to do it.

When you make something, when you improve something, when you deliver something, when you add some service or product to the lives of strangers and make them happier or healthier or safer or better and when you do it all crisply and efficiently, smartly – the way everything should be done but seldom is, you are participating more fully in the whole vast human drama. More than simply alive, you are helping others to live more fully and if that’s business then alright – call me a businessman.

If you get simple beauty and naught else, you get about the best thing God invents. My.

I do believe that international trade agreements benefit both nations, always.

When you really understand who you are, it enables you to fight and believe.

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 been with me ever since.

I've been fortunate to be around good people.

We knew we could fail; we just didn't think we would.

Running is a basic ingredient for your health, just as much as eating and sleeping, but going out for a run by yourself and taking a moment to think also creates a certain peace.