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

  Bill Bowerman

  Funny, Motivational, Running

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

  Andrew Young

  Achievement, Excellence

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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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• 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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• 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 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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• 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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• Sure, they are the future of our world. Nike and Reebok need more factory workers every day.

  Zach Braff

  Our World, Needs, Factory Workers

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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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• You can be afraid to voice your opinions but you just fight through it. It's like NIKE okay you just do it.

  Adrienne Bailon

  Fighting, Voice, Opinion

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• I have a Greek-American friend who named her daughter "Nike" and is often asked why she chose to name her offspring after a sneaker.

  Rebecca Goldstein

  Daughter, Sneakers, Names

  Rebecca Newberger Goldstein (2014). “Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away”, p.143, Atlantic Books Ltd

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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 made publicity contracts with Nike, several broadcasting companies and airline companies within Australia.

  Cathy Freeman

  Australia, Publicity, Broadcasting

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• Children in poverty aren't trying to get out of poverty; they're just trying to rip off a pair of Nikes. So we Indian people are a microcosm of what's happening in America. We are now consumers, and our culture has gone.

  Russell Means

  Children, Rip, America

  Source: progressive.org

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• When I think back to my influences and icons musically, they were my icons musically because, for example, I would look at Rakim and be like man he said the freshest things and then I look at him and he would have on the pair of Nikes that I wanted and I'm like, "ma' please!" It was everything. Now, I sort of feel like if you are fresh then your music doesn't have to be that good because people are so keyed into the fashion. That's just the times I guess.

  Pusha T

  Fashion, Men, Thinking

  Source: theneptunes.org

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• I had serious reservations about putting my son in the public schools in my area. I have a tremendous amount of fear for the future of my boy. He's nine-and- a-half and dark-skinned. By the time he's 12 or 13, who knows who he's going to be identifying with in these days when you get shot down for wearing expensive Nikes to school...I've heard that if a Latino makes it to 19 years of age, he has a good chance of surviving into adulthood. Up until then, you don't know.

  Ana Castillo

  School, Son, Boys

  Source: www.english.illinois.edu

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