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Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
- Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
from Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
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- Have faith in yourself, but also have faith in faith. Not faith as others define it. Faith as you define it. Faith as faith defines itself in your heart.
from Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
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- The cowards never started and the weak died along the way. That leaves us, ladies and gentlemen. Us.
from Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
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- And those who urge entrepreneurs to never give up? Charlatans. Sometimes you have to give up. Sometimes knowing when to give up, when to try something else, is genius. Giving up doesn’t mean stopping. Don’t ever stop. Luck plays a big role. Yes, I’d like to publicly acknowledge the power of luck. Athletes get lucky, poets get lucky, businesses get ... See more
from Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
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- I’d tell men and women in their midtwenties not to settle for a job or a profession or even a career. Seek a calling. Even if you don’t know what that means, seek it. If you’re following your calling, the fatigue will be easier to bear, the disappointments will be fuel, the highs will be like nothing you’ve ever felt
from Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
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- So that morning in 1962 I told myself: Let everyone else call your idea crazy . . . just keep going. Don’t stop. Don’t even think about stopping until you get there, and don’t give much thought to where “there” is. Whatever comes, just don’t stop
from Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
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- When you see only problems, you’re not seeing clearly.
from Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
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- When you make something, when you improve something, when you deliver something, when you add some new thing or service to the lives of strangers, making 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 so seldom is—you’re participating more fully in the ... See more
from Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
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