Life is growth. You grow or you die.
Entrepreneurs
Phil Knight
Born in 1938 in Oregon, Phil Knight conceived the idea of importing Japanese athletic shoes in his Stanford MBA thesis, then co-founded Blue Ribbon Sports with coach Bill Bowerman in 1964. Transitioning from Onitsuka Tiger distributor to proprietary brand, he built Nike into the world's largest sports-goods company through air-cushion technology and athlete marketing. His memoir Shoe Dog is regarded as a classic of entrepreneurial literature.
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Phil Knight's Other Quotes
There is an immutable conflict at heart of business between impulse and caution, between youth and experience, between the entrepreneurial spirit and the seasoned veteran's prudence.
The cowards never started and the weak died along the way. That leaves us.
Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
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