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.
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Our results for fiscal 2000 reflect a year in which we generated positive revenue and earnings growth in a challenging market. While the strength of the U.S. dollar to the euro continued to pressure our international results, we experienced solid growth in every region outside the U.S.Philip Knight
We continue to show strong growth in profitability despite significant pressure caused by the strength of the U.S. dollar against the euro, ... Our international business is robust, showing constant dollar revenue growth in every region outside the U.S.
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Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods are really part of a very big advertising program, and the fact that they make so much money is because the markets have dictated that they get that money, and the fact that they endorse our products allows us to sell more products and create more jobs.
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Nike's business is healthy in every area except one, ... We are enjoying strong results in all of our international regions, and in U. S. apparel and equipment however, our U. S. footwear business continues to pose challenges.
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The distance between the companies that Bill managed in the package goods business and Nike and the new athletic equipment business was too great for him to make that leap.
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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.
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