You tell yourself that you’re running toward some goal, chasing some rush, but really you run because the alternative, stopping, scares you to death.
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Other Phil Knight quotes:
Fight not to win, but to avoid losing. A surefire losing strategy.
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.
There's a kind of exuberant clarity in that pulsing half second before winning and losing are decided. I wanted that, whatever that was, to be my life, my daily life.
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.
There is an immutable conflict at work in life and in business, a constant battle between peace and chaos. Neither can be mastered, but both can be influenced. How you go about that is the key to success.
History is one long processional of crazy ideas.
Life is growth, business is growth. You grow or you die.
Make history or be a part of it.
Dream audaciously. Have the courage to fail forward. Act with urgency.
Someone somewhere once said that business is war without bullets, and I tended to agree.
