Kevin Plank Quotes

In getting Under Armour started, like any business, I think, number one, you need a great idea.

A lot of people have a great business idea; they just need a little push to make it a reality.

How many times have you been out for a beer or dinner and people are coming up with business ideas? Everybody wants to think they've got that great business idea.

Every phase of building a company is really hard.

There's no seminar in the world that will give you multi million-dollar advice on building a business from scratch!

It's tough for people to get into business, especially a small business.

No idea for a new growth business ever comes fully shaped. When it emerges, it's half-baked, and it then goes through a process of becoming fully shaped.

I love building companies; I love making products.

What interests me is starting businesses on our own, finding ideas that we can support, and simply investing in invention.

I'd start a business again in a heartbeat. Indeed, I hope that one day I may get the chance to do so when my mission here in Washington, D.C. is complete.

From the time I was a kid, I was always interested in any and all kinds of new business ideas.

As the years passed, and I was nine, 10, 11 years old, it became obvious I was going to start up a business of some sort.

I'm a big fan of small business ownership. I think it's the backbone of American innovation. But to be successful, you first have to have the courage to go for it.

I'm just more excited about helping new entrepreneurs create the next Facebook or Google.

In the space of three weeks, I met a fair bunch of the guys who were just starting those little programmers' co-ops, and everybody was talking about starting businesses.

There's an idealization of being an entrepreneur, but the most important thing is to have a really great idea.

If opening your own business is the dream, then it must start with a Dream - not only to understand what it is that you want to do, but also, how you are going to build something better than the same chaotic environment you just left.

There's no such thing as a good time. I started an apparel-manufacturing business in the tech-boom years. I mean, come on. Get out of your garage and go take a chance and start your business.

Almost anything worth doing involves some measure of risk - from learning to ride a bike, moving to a new city, and certainly, starting your own business. The point is that no one has ever started a business or created a new product with a guarantee of success.

When I explained my business model to my family, they asked if I was going to open a travel agency.

I'm working with a lot of entrepreneurs and people launching new businesses. It's fun. It's what I've always liked to do and loved doing it in my years at NASCAR when we were growing NASCAR, building different lines of business and intellectual properties.

I thought, 'If I can create a business to promote martial arts, that'd sure be a lot of fun.'

I told myself the next time I had a good idea, I would bring it to market.

My husband and I are small business owners.

Founding a successful startup is no different than forming a rock band.