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This Man Reinvented Nike, Seduced Adidas, and Helped Make PDX the Sports Gear Capital of the World | Portland Monthly
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![Nike founder Phil Knight reveals how 'unhealthy contempt' for Adidas inspired him | Daily Mail Online Nike founder Phil Knight reveals how 'unhealthy contempt' for Adidas inspired him | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/04/27/19/339846BF00000578-0-image-a-63_1461783340331.jpg)
Nike founder Phil Knight reveals how 'unhealthy contempt' for Adidas inspired him | Daily Mail Online
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Nike founder Phil Knight reveals how 'unhealthy contempt' for Adidas inspired him | Daily Mail Online
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Nike founder Phil Knight reveals how 'unhealthy contempt' for Adidas inspired him | Daily Mail Online
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This Man Reinvented Nike, Seduced Adidas, and Helped Make PDX the Sports Gear Capital of the World | Portland Monthly
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This Man Reinvented Nike, Seduced Adidas, and Helped Make PDX the Sports Gear Capital of the World | Portland Monthly
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Nike founder Phil Knight reveals how 'unhealthy contempt' for Adidas inspired him | Daily Mail Online
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This Man Reinvented Nike, Seduced Adidas, and Helped Make PDX the Sports Gear Capital of the World | Portland Monthly
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This Man Reinvented Nike, Seduced Adidas, and Helped Make PDX the Sports Gear Capital of the World | Portland Monthly
![Hemant Mohapatra on Twitter: "40 years ago, Rob Strasser, @Nike's first marketing head, put out this internal memo called “Principles.” Quite incredible just how little the company has wavered from these since. Hemant Mohapatra on Twitter: "40 years ago, Rob Strasser, @Nike's first marketing head, put out this internal memo called “Principles.” Quite incredible just how little the company has wavered from these since.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ej8shvgVkAEEy67.jpg)