Kevin Plank
Kevin Plank
Kevin A. Plankis an American businessman, CEO and founder of Under Armour, a manufacturer of sports performance apparel, footwear and accessories, based in Baltimore...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth13 August 1972
CountryUnited States of America
want way firsts
One of our first customers asked me how big we want to be. I said I want to be really big. Later, it bothered me that I answered that way. Now I say I just want to be a great company.
ideas theory brands
Brand is not a product, that's for sure; it's not one item. It's an idea, it's a theory, it's a meaning, it's how you carry yourself. It's aspirational, it's inspirational.
motivation passion focus
Motivation, passion, and focus have to come from the top.
positive-thinking small-business bigs
I'm a big advocate of the power of positive thinking, particularly for small businesses.
ideas entrepreneur tough
Where can we take no the product, but the idea?
team school guy
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.
trying merchants
Best merchants are the ones who dictate cool, not those who try to predict it!
intense
I'm usually a pretty intense person. Give me an inch, and I'm going to go.
cotton equipment piece shoulder underneath wear
Before Under Armour, the only choices you had were to wear a short-sleeved cotton T-shirt in the summer or a long-sleeved cotton T-shirt in the winter. Why not make a better piece of equipment for underneath the shoulder pads?