Selling the shoes from the trunk of his car to start, he and his gang of friends and runners built one of the most successful brands ever. Ten years later, young and searching, Knight borrowed fifty dollars from his father and launched a company with one simple mission: import high quality running shoes from Japan. Knight made the track team and found that not only could he run fast but also, more importantly, he liked it. It was only when Nike founder Phil Knight got cut from the baseball team as a high school freshman that his mother suggested he try out for track instead. In this young reader’s edition of the New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight “offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh” ( Booklist, starred review), opening up about how he went from being a track star at an Oregon high school to the founder of a brand and company that changed everything. “A great story about how an ambition turned into a business…serves as a guide for accomplishing great things.” - VOYA “An eye-opening look into the story of Knight before his multibillion dollar company.” - School Library Journal
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