Just Do It

Nike knew Leonardo da Vinci was right all along: “Just Do It.” The original Nike logo was designed by graphic design student Carolyn Davidson while attending Portland State University in Portland, Oregon in 1971. Phil Knight, Nike founder, was working at the university as an accounting professor where they met.


I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
— Leonardo da Vinci

Photo taken outside the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence, Italy, summer 1995 while attending University of Georgia’s Cortona, Italy Studies Abroad program.