Kevin Plank Quotes
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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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My love of horses began in College Park, with me and 10 friends on two couches and a keg of beer in the back of a truck, heading to Pimlico at 6 A.M. to mark our place in the middle of the Preakness infield, where we never saw a horse run.
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There's no such thing as a good time. I started an apparel-manufacturing business in the tech-boom years. I mean, come on. Get out of your garage and go take a chance and start your business.
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I believe people change. I think that they can learn from mistakes.
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People say they'll pay more for something made in the U.S., but they won't actually do it.
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Employees get things done. Partners get things done done. But owners get things done done done.
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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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Every great brand is like a great story.
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You're convincing these big, tough football players to wear what was essentially women's lingerie. There was a little bit of a Jedi mind trick that needed to take place. The product really spoke for itself once guys felt it and touched it.
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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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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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Everyone must have a voice, and everyone deserves clarity.
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Wipe the tears away, stand up, be a man, run your business, find a way.
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Great companies have to manage the cadence of what they 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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Nothing ever surprises me about the market.
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Your attitude is contagious.
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I love Monopoly. You know why? When I play Monopoly with you, I'm going to buy everything from Baltic Avenue to Marvin Gardens. If you get to my side of the board, you'd better roll boxcars, or you're going to pay rent.
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As foreign as it would be for you to go running in regular shoes, I want it to be just as foreign for you not to work out in your Under Armour.
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Brands are about editing.
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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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People look great in leggings and shorts and athletic clothes.
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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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My kids have been watching a lot of 'My Little Pony,' and it's rubbing off on me.