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Phil Knight: The Most Introvert CEO

Shudag: Phil Knight would describe himself in his prime as an okay runner because he was running with the best collegiate runners in the world coached by Bill Bowerman. I get the sense he was not a man of many words and certainly almost no words of encouragement other than run faster. Shudag: He probably went to Oregon in part because he wasn't going to be a star there. At any other school, Phil would have been a star.

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