Phil Knight

A soldier in shoes is only a soldier. But in boots he becomes a warrior.

Phil Knight

America is becoming less entrepreneurial, not more. A Harvard Business School study recently ranked all the countries of the world in terms of their entrepreneurial spirit. America ranked behind Peru.

Phil Knight

I don’t know how long after that day I discovered the Aristophanes play, set in the Temple of Nike, in which the warrior gives the king a gift-a pair of new shoes. I don’t know when I figured out that the play was called Knights.

Phil Knight

I read in my guidebook that Michelangelo was miserable while painting his masterpiece. His back and neck ached. Paint fell constantly into his hair and eyes. He couldn’t wait to be finished, he told friends. If even Michelangelo didn’t like his work, I thought, what hope is there for the rest of us?

Phil Knight

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

Phil Knight

I wanted to win. No, that’s not right. I simply didn’t want to lose.

Phil Knight

I was crazed with loneliness, cut off from everything and everyone I knew. The occasional sight of a New York Times, or a Time magazine, gave me a lump in my throat.

Phil Knight

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

Phil Knight

In the timeless, clarifying light of that moon, I begin to make a list.

Phil Knight

My fatherhood style, my management style. I was forever questioning, Is it good – or merely good enough?

Phil Knight