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)
When fascism comes to America, it will not be in brown and black shirts. It will not be with jack-boots. It will be Nike sneakers and Smiley shirts. Germany lost the Second World War. Fascism won it. Believe me, my friend. View quote
George Carlin
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. View quote
Phil Knight
Now we understand that the most important thing we do is market the product. We've come around to saying that Nike is a marketing-oriented company, and the product is our most important marketing tool. View quote
Phil Knight
Beyonce was just always full-out. She's like a beast. So you learn that no matter how you feel, just do it. Just like Nike: 'Just Do It.' View quote
Heather Morris
Blaming the running injury epidemic on big, bad Nike seems too easy - but that's okay, because it's largely their fault. View quote
Christopher McDougall
'Slumdog' was my first movie, and I had never been to India before - I was just a teenager in the U.K. with my headphones and my Nike shoes. What did I know about growing up in a slum? View quote
Dev Patel
My Nike Free sneakers add a splash of color and slide on fast, perfect for when Im rushing to catch the school bus. And my favorite cargos are skinny but stretchy, so I can go up or down a few pounds and they still fit! View quote
Jessica Seinfeld
I find my dress sense tends to be a bit of a mixture between high fashion and unique vintage pieces with a little bit of street trends. For example, I might find a really nice, suede dinner jacket that I'd wear with a basic plain white shirt and some chinos and a pair of Nike trainers. View quote
Tinie Tempah
He was the only player I saw who the manager never had a go at. We all went to a film premiere and were told to wear black ties. Eric turned up in a cream lemon suit with Nike trainers. The manager told him that he looked fantastic! View quote
Eric Cantona
Nike is the uniform for kids all over the world, and African design has been killed by Nike. Africans no longer want to wear their own designs. (M.I.A.)
Marathon running, like golf, is a game for players, not winners. That is why Callaway sells golf clubs and Nike sells running shoes. But running is unique in that the world's best racers are on the same course, at the same time, as amateurs, who have as much chance of winning as your average weekend warrior would scoring a touchdown in the NFL. View quote
Hunter S. Thompson
The Thames and the Mersey, the Tyne and the Wear and the Clyde They spew slums like gravy on the banks of the poisonous tide They washed up a pale thin girl Alone in her ivory tower Scratching her skin with the thorns that grow On the stems of the wild flowers What became of the love we knew? We beat the swine black and blue You and I Me and you What became of the love we knew? What became of the working class? Nike, Reebok, Adidas Scratchcards, pitbulls, ecstasy Hooray for the 21st Century. View quote
Pete Doherty
Good ideas are like Nike sports shoes. They may facilitate success for an athlete who possesses them, but on their own they are nothing but an overpriced pair of sneakers. Sports shoes don't win races. Athletes do. View quote
Felix Dennis
Companies like Nike already use Graffiti as a standard variety in their marketing campaigns and the first people who read Naomi Klein's 'No Logo' were marketing gurus who wanted to know what they shouldn't do. View quote
Johannes Grenzfurthner
Cole Haan is like high fashion Nike, so you feel like you're wearing Nike shoes, but you're wearing heels. Every time I'm on a red carpet, I always either wear Cole Haan or Stuart Weitzman. You end up having to walk around all night in these heels and you want to be comfortable and not look like you're in pain. It definitely shows in pictures. View quote
Nina Dobrev
Nike could start you two fighting easily.” Percy gave her a sideways smile. "Yeah, we can't have another incident like in Kansas. I might kill my bro Jason.” "Or I might kill my bro Percy,” Jason said amiably. "Which proves my point,” Annabeth said. View quote
Rick Riordan
What if we promoted, like, Adidas shoes?” Percy wondered. "Would that make Nike mad enough to show up? View quote
Rick Riordan
Nike doesn't want to make products for everyone - they want to make products for champions. View quote
Simon Sinek
Nike used to be known as Blue Ribbon Sports. What's now Sara Lee used to be Consolidated Foods. And Exxon was once Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. These were name changes that worked. But for all the ones that do, there are 10 or 20 that don't. View quote
James Surowiecki
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)
Faced with the almost inescapable conclusion that it had been selling lemons, Nike shifted into make-lemonade mode. Jeff Pisciotta became head of a top-secret and seemingly impossible project: finding a way to make a buck off a naked foot. View quote
Christopher McDougall
I wore that same shirt yesterday playing golf. There goes the Nike account. View quote
Leslie Nielsen
Any style that Nike makes in all black, shoe, sweatshirt, onesie, doesn't matter, I pretty much need to have. View quote
Alexander Wang
Nike has always been a business about excellence and achievement. View quote
Andrew Young