Kevin Plank Quotes

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Kevin Plank

Profession : Businessman

Birth : August 13, 1972

I don't have the option of getting fat. I like to try as much of our products as I can. Our sample size is size large, and I can't fit into our samples unless I'm at that size.

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We don't care which products you like, but you should be using UnderArmour.com - which is now MapMyFitness - and having a reason to visit us every day.

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We are not going to do ourselves any favors by buying into what's printed in newspapers.

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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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In my industry, a shirt and a shoe are still made the exact same way they were 80 years ago.

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I can't imagine trying to operate a company banking on the fact that my logo is cooler than somebody else's logo.

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I don't believe in flagship retail, because the definition of flagship retail is that it's a marketing expense, and it's going to lose money.

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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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Great brands are meant to be great aggregators.

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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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Blowing people's minds is one of my favorite things to do.

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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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If you're going to start a company, it's not going to be in the millions of dollars, but it's going to be something - for a lot of these kids - out of the trunk of their car, the same way that I did.

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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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Everybody is an expert. But at Under Armour, I want people to control what they can control. Leave the pontificating to everyone else. Leave all that negative talk to everyone else.

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Winning, I believe, is a culture just as much as losing is.

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People look great in leggings and shorts and athletic clothes.

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Nothing ever surprises me about the market.

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The idea of insider information to me is almost, like, laughable.

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San Francisco is one of the worst-dressed cities in the world, bar none.

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