Kevin Plank Quotes
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Employees get things done. Partners get things done done. But owners get things done done done.
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We want to shine a light on this great city of Baltimore. I can tell you, I love this city.
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Any self-respecting entrepreneur has borrowed money from their mother at some point.
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Go find out if you can make your product. Once you make it, stop projecting what's going to happen and go find out whether your product can sell. Find out whether someone is willing to take hard-earned cash out of their pocket and exchange it for your product.
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Being green means preventing waste.
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When you see most companies get big, they want to shout about all they've done. But the consumer wants to know: 'What have you done for me lately?'
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The idea of insider information to me is almost, like, laughable.
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I believe people change. I think that they can learn from mistakes.
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The Small Business Administration was fundamental in helping our company. There's great initiative from the government if you know the right places to look.
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At some point in your life, you'll find yourself in a similar position: Surrounded by people who are smarter, faster, who have more experience and more money - and you'll just have to find a way. And you'll have to do it with passion.
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I was a general business major, which meant that in any business school and particularly at Smith School, which is a very good school, you do a lot of team projects. Well I was the guy who gave the presentations for the team projects.
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Don't ever, ever devalue your product. Ever. It's the worst thing anyone can do to hurt your brand.
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You need to put your hands around the throat of your business, and you need to run it. There's no other way.
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The markets are efficient over time.
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The ability to touch people and literally change lives is incredibly relevant in a consumer-products company.
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When I tell you it's an Under Armour T-shirt, your question should be, 'What's it do?'
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If I had been out in the industry instead of being a college kid who had an idea for another T-shirt, I would have been too scared to do anything.
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Wipe the tears away, stand up, be a man, run your business, find a way.
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It's key to become 'famous' for one thing first, and that will give you the credibility to go into other areas once your ready... which generally means a long time and a lot of perfecting!
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In getting Under Armour started, like any business, I think, number one, you need a great idea. But it's also about who you know.
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Great companies have to manage the cadence of what they do.
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I want Baltimore to be the coolest city in the world.
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My kids have been watching a lot of 'My Little Pony,' and it's rubbing off on me.
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Brand is not a product, that's for sure; it's not one item. It's an idea, it's a theory, it's a meaning, it's how you carry yourself. It's aspirational, it's inspirational.