Ralph Greene's guest appearances

Ralph Greene

Sports Business Radio Podcast

The BluePrint with Dr. Erik Korem

Mark Cuban

Jon Wertheim

Maria Sharapova

Mike Boyle

Andre Iguodala

Jay Williams

Alex Honnold

Victor Oladipo

Danica Patrick

Brad Stulberg

Steve Magness

Justin Wren

Michael Chernow

Andrew Martin

Duncan French

OwlTail

For over 25 years, Ralph Greene has been an innovative force with some of the world's most exciting sports and brand enterprises. During Ralph’s 21-year career at Nike, he was at the forefront of some of the most dominant stories in Nike and sports history. Highlights include strategizing and executing "All-School" NCAA sponsorship deals, signing Tiger Woods, Lebron James, and Kobe Bryant. Ralph also ignited an international "wave" into the NBA with the identification and signing of Yao Ming, Tony Parker, and Dirk Nowitzki. Ralph recently launched Columbia Consulting Group and is working with some of the top global sports and brand enterprises. Ralph is also a principal in Oregon Sports Angels – an investor fund on the west coast. In this episode, Ralph reveals how fostering relationships and developing trust led to some of the most iconic apparel deals in sports history. Ralph also gives us behind the scenes access to the inner workings of how the NBA exploded its international footprint.   ------------------   ABOUT THE BLUEPRINT PODCAST:    Dr. Erik Korem’s podcast “The BluePrint" focuses on High Performance - a science-based, holistic process of achieving excellence in every field. He explores the methods and mindsets that build and sustain High-Performing humans through his experience as a sports scientist working with the NFL, Olympians and other elite athletes. In The BluePrint, he invites athletic champions, entertainers, entrepreneurs, and other exceptional people to discuss their resilience through struggles and triumphs while educating and motivating listeners about their High-Performance Journey.    Dr. Erik Korem is a High-Performance pioneer on a mission to help The BluePrint listeners learn how to use stress to perform at their best across a number of fields. He has implemented sports science and athlete tracking technologies with collegiate and professional football teams, working with the NFL, Power-5 NCAA programs, gold medal Olympians, Nike, and the United States Department of Defense. Dr. Erik Korem is also an expert in sleep and stress resilience and the Founder and CEO of AIM7.    ------------------   Follow Erik Korem on social media:   Twitter Instagram Facebook   Hot Pie Media is an on-demand digital audio/video entertainment network with interests primarily in the creation of original, relevant and entertaining podcasts.   ------------------   QUOTES: John Danaher on high performance mindset and resilience:  “Whenever you are sparring, your mind will have a given direction of focus. The most basic division is between self focus and focus on the opponent.” - John Danaher on high performance mindset and resilience   Blue Print host Dr. Erik Korem on high performance mindset and resilience:  “In sport, our goal is to develop the most adaptable athletes with the most resilience who can consistently obtain their high performance mindset and potential.” - Dr. Erik Korem on high performance mindset and resilience, host of The Blue Print   John Danaher on high performance mindset and resilience:  “Philosophy was crucial because it is among the best means of developing a problem solving mindset.” - John Danaher on high performance mindset and resilience   Blue Print host Dr. Erik Korem on high performance, performance mindset, and resilience:  “The key is using that stress and being able to adapt to it to improve. That's what high performance to me is: the ability to adapt rapidly so you can achieve your potential.”  - Dr. Erik Korem on high performance, performance mindset, and resilience, host of The Blue Print   John Danaher on high performance mindset and resilience:  “The greatest determinant of the outcome of your matches over time by a landslide is your training and lifestyle mentality. This is the high performance mindset you carry every day as you train and progress.” - John Danaher on high performance mindset and resilienceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For over 25 years, Ralph Greene has been an innovative force with some of the world's most exciting sports and brand enterprises. During Ralph’s 21-year career at Nike, he was at the forefront of some of the most dominant stories in Nike and sports history. Highlights include strategizing and executing "All-School" NCAA sponsorship deals, signing Tiger Woods, Lebron James, and Kobe Bryant. Ralph also ignited an international "wave" into the NBA with the identification and signing of Yao Ming, Tony Parker, and Dirk Nowitzki. Ralph recently launched Columbia Consulting Group and is working with some of the top global sports and brand enterprises. Ralph is also a principal in Oregon Sports Angels – an investor fund on the west coast. In this episode, Ralph reveals how fostering relationships and developing trust led to some of the most iconic apparel deals in sports history. Ralph also gives us behind the scenes access to the inner workings of how the NBA exploded its international footprint. ------------------ ABOUT THE BLUEPRINT PODCAST:  Dr. Erik Korem’s podcast “The BluePrint" focuses on High Performance - a science-based, holistic process of achieving excellence in every field. He explores the methods and mindsets that build and sustain High-Performing humans through his experience as a sports scientist working with the NFL, Olympians and other elite athletes. In The BluePrint, he invites athletic champions, entertainers, entrepreneurs, and other exceptional people to discuss their resilience through struggles and triumphs while educating and motivating listeners about their High-Performance Journey.  Dr. Erik Korem is a High-Performance pioneer on a mission to help The BluePrint listeners learn how to use stress to perform at their best across a number of fields. He has implemented sports science and athlete tracking technologies with collegiate and professional football teams, working with the NFL, Power-5 NCAA programs, gold medal Olympians, Nike, and the United States Department of Defense. Dr. Erik Korem is also an expert in sleep and stress resilience and the Founder and CEO of AIM7.  ------------------ Follow Erik Korem on social media: <a href="https://twitter.com/ErikKorem" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/erikkorem/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/erikkorem/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <a href="https://hotpiemedia.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot Pie Media</a> is an on-demand digital audio/video entertainment network with interests primarily in the creation of original, relevant and entertaining podcasts. ------------------ QUOTES: John Danaher on high performance mindset and resilience:  “Whenever you are sparring, your mind will have a given direction of focus. The most basic division is between self focus and focus on the opponent.” - John Danaher on high performance mindset and resilience Blue Print host Dr. Erik Korem on high performance mindset and resilience:  “In sport, our goal is to develop the most adaptable athletes with the most resilience who can consistently obtain their high performance mindset and potential.” - Dr. Erik Korem on high performance mindset and resilience, host of The Blue Print John Danaher on high performance mindset and resilience:  “Philosophy was crucial because it is among the best means of developing a problem solving mindset.” - John Danaher on high performance mindset and resilience Blue Print host Dr. Erik Korem on high performance, performance mindset, and resilience:  “The key is using that stress and being able to adapt to it to improve. That's what high performance to me is: the ability to adapt rapidly so you can achieve your potential.”  - Dr. Erik Korem on high performance, performance mindset, and resilience, host of The Blue Print John Danaher on high performance mindset and resilience:  “The greatest determinant of the outcome of your matches over time by a landslide is your training and lifestyle mentality. This is the high performance mindset you carry every day as you train and progress.” - John Danaher on high performance mindset and resilienceSee <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Ralph Greene: Relationships, Trust, and Lessons from a Sports Icon

Ralph Greene, who spent 21 years at Nike overseeing sports marketing, discusses working on deals for the company with Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Dirk Nowitzki and Michael Vick. Greene also discusses how endorsement deals for athletes have changed over the past 2 decades, Brand Jordan vs LeBron James’ business lines, the current amateur basketball and football culture and suggestions for how it needs to change, safety around football and how Tiger Woods grew Nike Golf’s business. Greene also reveals the one non-Nike athlete he wishes he would have had the opportunity to work with while at Nike. This week’s episode of Sports Business Radio is brought to you by Indochino. Indochino is the world’s largest made to measure menswear company. They make suits and shirts made to your exact measurements for a great fit. This week, Sports Business Radio listeners can get any made to measure, premium Indochino suit for 50% off the regular price. Just go to Indochino.com and enter the code SBR at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ralph Greene, who spent 21 years at Nike overseeing sports marketing, discusses working on deals for the company with Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Dirk Nowitzki and Michael Vick. Greene also discusses how endorsement deals for athletes have changed over the past 2 decades, Brand Jordan vs LeBron James’ business lines, the current amateur basketball and football culture and suggestions for how it needs to change, safety around football and how Tiger Woods grew Nike Golf’s business. Greene also reveals the one non-Nike athlete he wishes he would have had the opportunity to work with while at Nike.  This week’s episode of Sports Business Radio is brought to you by Indochino. Indochino is the world’s largest made to measure menswear company. They make suits and shirts made to your exact measurements for a great fit. This week, Sports Business Radio listeners can get any made to measure, premium Indochino suit for 50% off the regular price. Just go to <a href="http://Indochino.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Indochino.com</a> and enter the code SBR at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Ralph Greene, Former Nike Football & Basketball Sports Marketing Director