Exhibit 99.1

     STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND
                 CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, Philip H. Knight, state and attest that:

(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of
NIKE, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered
report:

- -     no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of
      the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report
      on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was
      filed); and

- -     no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the
      statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under
      which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered
      by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy
      materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit
committee.

(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before
the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

- -     Annual Report on Form 10-K of NIKE, Inc. for the fiscal year ended May 31,
      2002;

- -     all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy
      materials of NIKE, Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing
      of the Form 10-K identified above; and

- -     any amendments to any of the foregoing.


/S/ PHILIP H.  KNIGHT
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Philip H. Knight
Date: August 14, 2002

State of Oregon              }
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County of Washington         }

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of August, 2002.


/S/ LISA G. MC KILLIPS
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Notary Public for Oregon
My Commission Expires: February 5, 2006.


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