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
I was the first athlete, from a training standpoint, with Adidas to have their own signature shoe. — Keyshawn Johnson
A lot of sneaker brands come to me, not even just designers. They come to me with ideas trying to push different things, and I want it to be stuff that I feel is organic. — Fabolous
You don't need fancy sneakers to run fast — Jon Bon Jovi
I definitely like sneakers and shopping at sneakers stores. — Fabolous
There are sneakers that cost more than an iPod. — Steve Jobs
I think the comfort of sneakers is really coming back. Everybody wants a cool pair of shoes, but they want to be comfortable. — Fabolous
EA SPORTS has a strong partnership with adidas and through this relationship they approached adidas about using some of their top players from around the world. — Claudio Reyna
I'm a compulsive sneaker collector, mostly limited edition. — Jourdan Dunn
Short Nike Quotes
Nike is a marketing-oriented company, and the product is our most important marketing tool. — Phil Knight
I always played soccer in Adidas, but I always wore Nikes. I love street sportswear. — Ian Astbury
I am just happy to be part of the Nike family. — LeBron James
The only one who can tell you "You can't" is you. And you don't have to listen.-Nike — Dean Karnazes
Storytelling is the game. It's what we all do. — Gary Vaynerchuk
It was a lot of fun doing the Nike commercials, too. — Jason Mewes
Where I'm from, life's a gamble, grab the dice/'Fore I leave, pray to God, then I grab my Nikes — Fashawn
If you ask people in the US what logos they like and recognise, they'll name Target or Nike. — Michael Bierut
Nike store won't accept my Starbucks card as payment. Come on guys, just do it. — Dov Davidoff
Ah swear, ah will croak if she asks me for a pair of Nikes instead of Christian Louboutins! — Jessica Simpson
Nike Image Quotes
Nike Shoe Quotes
Any style that Nike makes in all black, shoe, sweatshirt, onesie, doesn't matter, I pretty much need to have. — Alexander Wang
Having a size 9 foot is fantastic because almost all of the shoe companies do their prototyping in size 9, so if you visit a place like Nike headquarters, you can try every sort of wacky, out-there model. — Tim Ferriss
'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? — Dev Patel
When "Search and Destroy" by the Stooges came on as a Nike shoe commercial, I got physically sick. That song meant the world to me, and I didn't feel this was the way it ought to be used. — Jello Biafra
On the seemingly one-sided relationship between Michael Jordan and his shoe sponsors Nike- The company should change its name to Mike. — Alvin Robertson
Beginning in 1978, Nike paid coaches to put their shoes on the team. — Sonny Vaccaro
This is why I decided to work with Nike, too, because it is even more mass-market than Givenchy and could make entry-price shoes and make people dream to be part of the journey. — Riccardo Tisci
Nike actually has a pair of shoes called Air-Turbulence. Try getting past airline security wearing those. Might as well call them Air-Osama. — Jay Leno
Did you hear about this genius that got on a plane and set fire to his feet? Turns out he had bombs in his shoes and the problem all started when the flight attendants asked him nicely to extinguish his feet. He was wearing exploding sneakers. The new Nike Air-Jihads! — David Letterman
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. — Felix Dennis
Sneakers Quotes
On my own I generally have very messy hair, wear jeans and sneakers. — Jewel Kilcher
The attitude of kindness is everyday stuff like a great pair of sneakers. Not frilly. Not fancy. Just plain and comfortable. — Barbara Johnson
When I was fourteen and first started going out, I always wanted to be the opposite of everyone else. So I would go to the club in a polo T-shirt and pants and sneakers and a hat on backward, just so I would not be dressed like other girls. — Rihanna
I always wore sneakers when I wanted to. It was always about being comfortable and being myself. — Whoopi Goldberg
Just because someone has fancy sneakers doesn't mean they can run faster. — Jon Bon Jovi
Even though I am in the sneaker world, I am very diverse. — Fabolous
Put on a sweater and really great sneakers with a big scarf, and you’ll look so stylish. For me, they are an everyday essential. — Meghan Markle
I try to do stuff that I'm more passionate about, more than just like being all over the place doing different sneakers. — Fabolous
I know it's practical for career women, but sneakers with suits? Jesus couldn't possibly weep harder than I did. — MaryJanice Davidson
I love sneakers on a girl. I don't know why, but I guess it's because I'm still a young. I really like just like a girl who has style - a girl who does her own thing, is unique in what she's wearing and works what she's got. — Chris Brown
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. — Tinie Tempah
Sustainability at Nike means being laser-focused on evolving our business model to deliver profitable growth while leveraging the efficiencies of lean manufacturing, minimizing our environmental impact and using the tools available to us to bring about positive change across our entire supply chain. — Mark Parker
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. — Hunter S. Thompson
I remember when you could always rely on those little street kids to pop a few people for the latest Nikes," Vice-President John said. "Now people get mugged for Reeboks, for Adidas - for generics, for Christ's sake. — Max Barry
In the 'Nike Economy,' there are no standards, no borders and no rules. Clearly, the global economy isn't working for workers in China and Indonesia and Burma any more than it is for workers here in the United States. — John J. Sweeney
The Nike swash that cost $30 and was designed by a Portland State University art student was probably worth that when she first showed it to them. At that point it had no equity at all. None of the guys commissioning it particularly liked it, they all wanted the Adidas three stripes and they thought that was a good logo. — Michael Bierut
Clearly, the Global Economy isn't working for workers in China and Indonesia and Burma any more than it is for workers here in the United States. — John Sweeney
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. — Phil Knight
If we are not committed to saving this earth we will be buying designer air filters and gas masks with little Nike swishes on them. — Assata Shakur
Despite different cultures, middle-class youth all over the world seem to live their lives as if in a parallel universe. They get up in the morning, put on their Levi's and Nikes, grab their caps and backpacks, and Sony personal CD players and head for school. — Naomi Klein
Removing Christian evangelism from the African equation may leave the continent at the mercy of a malign fusion of Nike, the witch doctor, the mobile phone and the machete. — Matthew Parris
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. — Johannes Grenzfurthner
About the Sauconys, there are a lot of sneakers that are not as marketed as heavily as like Nike but those silhouettes are still fresh. I'll always go to a Saucony. — Pusha T
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. — Phil Knight
I admire firms that have achieved a real differentiation from their competitors. Nike is all about mastering sports. Apple is all about creating technologies to make life easier and better. Audi is is all about introducing new technologies to make automobiles safer and better performing. — Philip Kotler
Children in poverty aren't trying to get out of poverty; they're just trying to rip off a pair of Nikes. So we Indian people are a microcosm of what's happening in America. We are now consumers, and our culture has gone. — Russell Means
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.
I'm gonna do clothes, but stuff that kids can afford. I want to get into the high fashion world very soon, but the stuff I want to start out with is the small stuff, for the kids, that anybody can afford the Nikes, or the Jordans, Or let's say they can't afford the big brand name clothes, so I would make a lower end line but still high-quality. — Chris Brown
Nike told me, 'We can't give you royalties because you're not a professional athlete.' I told them 'I'll go to the Garden and play one-on-no-one.' I'm a performance athlete! — Kanye West
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
My father is a real idealist, and he's all about learning. If I asked for a pair of Nikes growing up, it was just a resounding 'No.' But if I asked for a saxophone, one would appear and next day and I'd be signed up for lessons. So anything to do with education or learning, my father would spare no expense. — Hugh Jackman
After the NBA and ABA merged, players could come out after high school. Still, there were only a few cases prior to Kevin Garnett coming out in 1995, so Nike and the other companies were only involved in the college game. — Sonny Vaccaro
You can be afraid to voice your opinions but you just fight through it. It's like NIKE okay you just do it. — Adrienne Bailon
I think people still have a need for miracles. Science keeps telling them there's no life on Mars, there's no God, nothing's trailing Hale-Bopp, those people are just dead in their Nikes. But they want to believe in something. — Sayings
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. — George Carlin
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! — Jessica Seinfeld
Blaming the running injury epidemic on big, bad Nike seems too easy - but that's okay, because it's largely their fault. — Christopher McDougall
A core part of the global market is what might be called the 'Nike Economy' - footloose companies that play countries against one another while seeking subcontractors with the lowest wages and cheapest conditions. — John J. Sweeney
Storytelling is the game. It's what we all do. It's why Nike is Nike, it's why Apple is Apple, it's why Walt Disney built Disney World and it's why Vince McMahon makes a billion dollars. — Gary Vaynerchuk
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