Phil Knight Quotes

I've always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I've been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else.

I think there is a niche for every market.

It's no surprise that I ended up in sportscasting. I lived this world with my father, Mike Storen. Dad was a sports executive for most of my childhood.

Sports and management are not as diverse as people think.

Being able to run an NBA team at 19 is not easy.

When Dad came home from work, he'd turn our family dinners into tutorials on business, money, sales, and profit margins. He shared fascinating stories about his customers, marketing, and my favorite topic when I was a kid - new product launches. Our father also took us to his office before the advent of 'Take Your Child to Work Day.'

I'd like to run a professional football team. I'd love to run the USTA, be the sports editor of the 'New York Times.'

The downside of dabbling in different industries is that you don't have your roots anywhere and you don't know where your real demand is.

Figure out your niche and maximize it.

In the back of my mind, I always knew I wanted to be in the sports representation business. Being an ex-player, I knew that those were the people I wanted to work with.

I take care of Demetrious Johnson, and the UFC takes care of themselves. That's nothing against the UFC; they're a well-oiled machine. They do an amazing job at advertising and making stars.

Sports entertainment in general, it's a very competitive business.

I liked business. I found it fascinating.

Big names and banners bring a lot of visibility to your work and it creates more opportunities for you.

Steve Jobs knows how to hold his hand out, to build beautiful products and make people pay for them.

I've always been obsessed with marketing and media. I always wanted to be a business brand owner. I wanted to create things.

Building a company is so much like racing a sailboat.

I had my first flower stall when I was seven, at the end of the drive in Minehead, Somerset. Nobody was stopping so I moved it to my neighbour's drive, because I thought: 'Location, location, location.' It worked.

When you're building a business, you want to focus and deliver excellence at what you do. This simply cannot be done when you are launching multiple ventures, dozens of new products, and selling everywhere and anywhere at the same time.

Many people decide to jump from niche to niche, as they cannot find success immediately with the niche that they have chosen for their online business.

I was very fortunate to come into sports representation with Arn Tellem; he has helped me understand the business in the same way that we help out clients find solutions to their problems.

I said that once I stopped playing, when that time comes, I wanted to still be around sports.

I live by the business model that there is a better than, a less than, or a different than. Those are the three categories. I chose to be different than. The one that's different than will stand out with the proper work ethic.

Nine out of ten businesses fail; so I came up with a foolproof plan - create ten businesses.

If I had to do it all over again, rather than build an old style type of business, I would have started building a network marketing business.