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I really think we're confident that our Nike Inc. growth strategy is the right one.


Mark Parker

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I was really overwhelmed by the growth opportunities at Nike.
WILLIAM PEREZ I don't think it's that risky, but one risk inherent in the strategy is that it doesn't provide broa...
CHARLES TENNES I don't think it matters necessarily. What matters is the execution of our strategy (of pursuing) pr...
JOE EBERHARDT Schrempp is one of the last dinosaurs of Germany Inc.. He represents a strategy of acquiring assets ...
ARNDT ELLINGHORST I think we can step up right now. We're halfway there on our contributions. We're working on a plan ...
JEFF KASKO We are confident that our strategy for growth, both organically and by acquisition, is sound. We ant...
LARS EMILSON Nike soccer represents one of our top three businesses today, an incredible achievement from where w...
CHARLIE DENSON If I were to choose one single watchword of this strategy, it's 'integration,' and I think that the ...
JOHN NEGROPONTE The profit growth in the first half demonstrates that our strategy is delivering strongly.
JOHN VARLEY This doesn't really change our long-term growth strategy. We'll continue to center around Seattle.
BILL AYER Exiting the underperforming markets of Oregon and Washington will allow us to make investments that ...
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LYNNE BLACK Russia is one of the top-five beer markets in the world and fits our international growth strategy f...
ANDREW DAY I think it's the mark of a great player to be confident in tough situations.
JOHN MCENROE Our Board is confident that 2006 should see another year of strong growth.
LES LAWSON One of our biggest assets is our growth strategy. We have grown by 16 percent this year in terms of ...
KURT RITTER We believe the Company's 2005 results validate our overall growth strategy and specifically our Tota...
HARRIS E. DELOACH a very important step in our growth strategy.
EIVIND REITEN I really think it's the only strategy.
SCOTT APPLEBY I think they were being really conservative. I think there should be some growth from Gatorade.
CAROLINE LEVY Our strategy consistently has been to focus on profitable growth, not growth at any cost.
CHARLES LEE Unfortunately our concerns were right on the mark. We would have been happy to be wrong.
JUDE WALSH Our strategy is to spend money on the right player at the right price,
GEORGE MCPHEE There is no sign of a turnaround at Gap Inc. and our confidence is low that one will happen in 2006.
MARGARET MAGER I'm sure that our offense is not real confident coming out of this game, but they'll recover. David ...
DOM CAPERS By successfully executing our strategy and effectively managing our business, we delivered record fi...
CRAIG JOFFE Baja Fresh is an excellent addition to our company and a great fit for our long-term growth strategy...
JACK SCHUESSLER Our growth strategy for next year [2006] is built on the tremendous success and momentum developed d...
COLM DELVES I think the defense strategy has fallen a bit short of the mark. They've allowed the government to p...
JAMIE WAREHAM Today was a perfect day. We're really confident in Classic races and maybe a little more confident t...
BRIAN MCKEEVER Our strategy for expansion of the Borders brand outside the US is one that we view as essential to o...
ANNE ROMAN Great soccer is inspiring, on the street and in the stadium, and Nike is in Berlin today to celebrat...
CHARLIE DENSON We are really a company in transition from research and development to product development. I think ...
BARBARA ISRAEL The key is growth margins went in the right direction, unit volume increased quarter on quarter, and...
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JACQUELINE GOLD It's been the highlight of my season so far. I think they (Edgewood) were really confident coming in...
AMBER FIENE We are confident of delivering further growth from our business in 2006.
RICHARD HARVEY I remain confident that the prince and Mrs. Parker Bowles can marry in a civil ceremony. We have con...
LORD FALCONER I think that one's art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is sile...
EMILY CARR I think Sean Parker damaged the music business with Napster.
CURTIS JACKSON I think that one's art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is silent a...
EMILY CARR It's hard to determine whether the wholesale strategy is a mark of genius or desperation.
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CASSANDRA CLARE The thinking used to be if you shut down Timmy, you have the Spurs beat. I don't think that's true a...
JAMES SILAS Acquiring market leaders in the U.S. and around the world continues to be a core part of our growth ...
DYLAN TAYLOR Accelerating the growth in life sciences is key to our strategy to becoming a faster-growing, more p...
CHARLES HOLLIDAY JR Accelerating the growth in life sciences is key to our strategy to becoming a faster-growing, more p...
CHARLES HOLLIDAY The introduction of these new programs, as well as redevelopment of existing programs, is a big part...
DANIEL HAMBURGER The changes we're announcing give us a management and organizational structure that is aligned to im...
BRIAN FERGUSON I find it perplexing that Nike didn't come here and say they think the shoes are fake.
CAMERON BELK I didn't really make a comment or think the game was over until the nine-second mark. That's when I ...
JOHN BRADY The improvement is a result of our successful acquisition strategy and solid internal growth in both...
DON MCGRATH They really need to stimulate that top-line growth and I think this is the first step toward doing t...
ART RUSSELL Nike has always been more than a job for me. Like many Nike employees, I have a deep connection to t...
MARK PARKER TD Ameritrade gives us financial strength, accelerates our growth strategy and enhances our position...
JOE MOGLIA Our Internet Services strategy is designed to provide a value-added service for broadband, which is ...
RICHARD LI We remain confident that our continued strategic focus on profitable branded growth will positively ...
BRUCE WOOD He hit one left-handed, then an inside-the-parker right-handed with his feet never touching the grou...
MARC BOMBARD I am excited about expanding our insurance operations and moving into niches we see as less volatile...
JEFF MURPHY (The earnings) represent real progress, ... The key is growth margins went in the right direction, u...
GIL AMELIO Anytime that Mark, Tracy and I get a chance to play together, we're really excited about that. I thi...
ZONA JONES I think I'll give it up, the fantasy is over, I wanted to play Spiderman, Peter Parker.
GEORGE EADS Our goal in making these changes is to enable Microsoft to achieve greater agility in managing the i...
STEVE BALLMER For the remainder of 2006, we will continue to focus on building our organic growth capabilities acr...
JEFF YABUKI I'm confident that Dr. Clough and the committee will give everybody a fair chance and make the right...
BILL CURRY We have invested into a company that is growing and we fully support the company's proposed growth s...
MARCUS BRENNECKE It's got a beautiful claw mark. I think I'm going to get that one framed.
GARY PATERNA Charlie Parker and Art Tatum to me were genius, and I'm right below that. I did, in my own way, ...
BUDDY DEFRANCO I really think we have one of the best one-two punches in the state. Although our team is not one of...
MARK HOLLATZ We remain confident of our growth outlook for the second half of 2001 and all of 2002.
ALEX YEMENIDJIAN It just looks like everybody's comfortable. I think they really feel confident and you can see that....
ANTHONY SCHLEGEL The HMT acquisition aligns with the Corporation's cash deployment strategy of acquiring companies th...
BOB STEVENS We all were aggressive and looked really confident.
ERIN KATIMS Our biggest fear is that 'Food, Inc.' will move heavy-handed food-safety regulations forward...
JOEL SALATIN Parents should be really confident, and I am confident, that this is a scientifically valid and reli...
LORI MEI To support their economic growth countries like China and India are aggressively moving to secure ne...
DAVID PHILLIPS I think that the truth is a really stern taskmistress.
CARRIE FISHER Our strategy has been to find out how to address the challenges that customers face around open sour...
JEFFREY WADE I know Nike wants to actively pursue him and try to get him over to Nike. You know how the shoe war ...
ART ALVAREZ Overall, our pitching has kept us in games, and that's why we're kind of hovering at that .500 mark....
LAWRENCE SCULLY America's economy is resilient, and I am confident that Republican pro-growth policies will cont...
DENNIS HASTERT As we move forward with our global growth strategy, Plymouth, as a U.S. brand only, did not contribu...
JAMES HOLDEN The EU strategy ... will mark a true turning point to help Africa help itself.
LOUIS MICHEL The enthusiastic response to the placement is an endorsement of our strategy in offering growth-focu...
ESAM JANAHI The current real estate market in Baton Rouge provided this opportunity, which is representative of ...
ANTHONY MOORE Continuing to reduce costs and increase efficiencies is an important part of our global strategy to ...
CARLOS GUTIERREZ We are confident that a sale will create more value for shareholders than any alternative strategy.
ABNER KURTIN Over the last few years, BTO has emerged as an important growth engine at the leading edge of our BP...
BILL ZEITLER With our value strategy, assets located in major global markets, long- term customers, and talented ...
TOM ADAMS This is a solid project that adds certainty to our production profile beyond 2007. The North Sea is ...
CHARLIE FISCHER They're focusing on their stronger, larger brands, and I think that's a prudent strategy for the lon...
PATRICK SCHUMANN Life is growth and the object of right thinking is to promote that growth.
CHRISTIAN D. LARSON I think that our continued survival in a land of the giants over the last five years has proved that...
MICHAEL SMALL This thing came out of nowhere. I think in the longer run, it's the right product strategy for the c...
YUN KIM We're pretty comfortable with our international growth strategy, ... Obviously as additional capacit...
LARRY KELLNER There is only one form of political strategy in which I have any confidence, and that is to try to d...
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And time could heal a hu...
DOROTHY PARKER Wealth and want equally harden the human heart, like frost and fire both are alien to human flesh.
THEODORE PARKER Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
DOROTHY PARKER Hollywood money isn't money. It's congealed snow, melts in your hand, and there you are.
DOROTHY PARKER I can't talk about Hollywood. It was a horror to me when I was there and it's a horror to look back ...
DOROTHY PARKER Gratitude -- the meanest and most sniveling attribute in the world.
DOROTHY PARKER I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.
DOROTHY PARKER Where's the man could ease a heart, like a satin gown?
DOROTHY PARKER Brevity is the soul of lingerie.
DOROTHY PARKER Four be the things I am wiser to know:
Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.
Four be the th...
DOROTHY PARKER It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing; his manhood all taken out of him...
THEODORE PARKER I like to have a martini,
Two at the very most.
After three I'm under the table,
After four...
DOROTHY PARKER Enjoyed it! One more drink and I'd have been under the host.
DOROTHY PARKER Drink, and dance and laugh and lie, love the reeling midnight through, for tomorrow we shall die! (B...
DOROTHY PARKER It serves me right for putting all my eggs in one bastard.
DOROTHY PARKER He Robert Benchley and I had an office so tiny that an inch smaller and it would have been adultery.
DOROTHY PARKER And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned; The calmer, I, to see it tru...
DOROTHY PARKER Every year, back come Spring, with nasty little birds yapping their fool heads off and the ground al...
DOROTHY PARKER