John Shanley Quotations

We knew Europe and Asia-Pacific (future orders) would be difficult, but not to the extent the company just reported.

We are downgrading our rating on the stock due to our belief that the company's international prospects were likely weaker in 3Q than we had previously anticipated.

I don't think there's any question they are going to pick up some market share position in the back half of the year and the spring of 2001, ... The reason for that is a significant improvement in terms of the styling content of their product line. We're seeing a renewed consumer interest in athletic footwear overall, and they're filling a fairly large void in the marketplace right now.

There is probably, if anything, a shortage of availability of styles.

The business prospects on the international front continue to become more and more important for Nike.

This clearly, in our opinion, will lead to a much more serious competitive environment than the industry has been exposed to in probably the last five years.

They really have tried to have a very different product, and they had to do that simply because Nike is such a huge force in the marketplace, with about a 44 percent of market share in this country.

Nobody's really busting the doors down to buy women's apparel this fall selling season. Women's dress and casual footwear is probably the strongest I've seen in a good six or seven years.

We?re here tonight thinking about Cindy Sheehan and how she needs support. Perhaps the president can come out at some point and explain to her how come her son died.

We're hearing that Nike is going to match or exceed the 145 million euros Adidas is going to spend for World Cup events.