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1 " Love truth, but pardon error. "
― Phil Knight , Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
2 " Beating the competition is relatively easy. Beating yourself is a never-ending commitment. "
3 " He was easy to talk to, and easy not to talk to—equally important qualities in a friend. "
4 " He was easy to talk to, and easy not to talk to-equally important qualities in a friend. Essential in a travel companion. "
5 " Business is no more about making money than the human body is about making blood. Yes you need to make the stuff, but only to serve your higher aims. "
6 " For some, I realize, business is the all-out pursuit of profits, period, full stop, but for us business was no more about making money than being human is about making blood. "
7 " Like books, sports give people a sense of having lived other lives, of taking part in other people’s victories. And defeats. When sports are at their best, the spirit of the fan merges with the spirit of the athlete. "
8 " I’d tell men and women in their midtwenties not to settle for a job or a profession or even a career. Seek a calling. Even if you don’t know what that means, seek it. If you’re following your calling, the fatigue will be easier to bear, the disappointments will be fuel, the highs will be like nothing you’ve ever felt. "
9 " You are remembered for the rules you break. "
10 " Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that. —Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass "
11 " Ať se vám to líbí nebo ne, život je jako sport, život je jako hra. Kdokoli se od takové pravdy odvrací, kdokoli prostě odmítne hrát, zůstane stát za postranní čarou, a to jsem nechtěl. Víc než cokoli jeného jsem přesně tohle nechtěl. "
12 " maybe the cure for any burnout is to work harder. "
13 " Fear of failure, I thought, will never be our downfall as a company. No that any of us thought we wouldn't fail; in fact we had every expectation that we would. But when we did fail, we had faith that we'd do it fast, learn from it, and be better for it. "
14 " The cowards never started and the weak died along the way. That leaves us, ladies and gentlemen. Us. "
15 " The single easiest way to find out how you feel about someone. Say goodbye. "
16 " Life is growth. You grow or you die. "
17 " When you see only problems, you’re not seeing clearly. "
18 " So that morning in 1962 I told myself: Let everyone else call your idea crazy . . . just keep going. Don’t stop. Don’t even think about stopping until you get there, and don’t give much thought to where “there” is. Whatever comes, just don’t stop. "
19 " You are remembered, he said, prophetically, for the rules you break. I "
20 " 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. In "