Who put more pressure on you to be successful, Bill Bowerman or Michael Jordan?
Tinker Hatfield: You know what? I’d like to add a third name to your question, and that would be Phil Knight. Knight was more demanding than anyone else. Bill Bowerman was more of a teacher. He was more about preparing people to be successful. Phil Knight and Michael Jordan were more about expecting excellence, and maybe weren’t quite so overt in the nature of classic mentoring. Phil Knight is the one that always had very high expectations. He had a very high level of trust. Those things kind of have to go together because he doesn’t always understand how we come up with these designs, or advertising campaigns. He doesn’t always maybe understand the process, but he has a very high level of trust. And if you deliver he just gives you even more room to do that. I give him props. C: You get inspiration from all over the place, what was the most complex to incorporate into a sneaker? Tinker Hatfield: A lawn mower. C: Really? Tinker Hatfield: It was a push mower but it was designed beautifu
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