--- title: This Nike Korea Ad Will Inspire You to Silence the Haters description: Warning: if you're watching this from your couch, it might inspire you to get up and go for a run or something. Maybe. canonical: https://time.com/4015930/nike-korea-ad/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-29T14:53:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:24:00.956Z og:title: This Nike Korea Ad Will Inspire You to Silence the Haters og:description: Warning: This ad might inspire you to get off your couch og:url: https://time.com/4015930/nike-korea-ad/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Nike Korea Ad Will Inspire You to Silence the Haters twitter:description: Warning: This ad might inspire you to get off your couch twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Nike Korea Ad Will Inspire You to Silence the Haters, Pursue Athletic Glory by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 29, 2015 2:53 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 29, 2015 2:53 PM UTC Nike Korea’s latest advertisement encourages you to follow the company’s slogan and “just do it” — no matter what the haters say. The spot features retired Korean soccer star Lee Young-pyo, who plays multiple characters, all of whom essentially tell young athletes to give up on their dreams. He’s the umpire who says, “This is a waste of time,” the onlooker who says, “This won’t help you” and the coach who says, “Learn your limits.” But this is a Nike commercial, so do the young athletes give up? Obviously not. They roll up their sleeves, lace up their shoes and work harder so they can silence the naysayers. Warning: if you’re watching this from your couch, it might inspire you to get up and go for a run or something. Maybe. _Read next:_ [_Here’s Why Nike’s Shares Just Leapt To an All-time High_](http://time.com/3938072/nike-finish-line-sales-jump/?iid=time%5Freadnext) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4015930/nike-korea-ad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4015930/nike-korea-ad/"},"headline":"This Nike Korea Ad Will Inspire You to Silence the Haters, Pursue Athletic Glory","datePublished":"2015-08-29T14:53:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:24:00.956Z","description":"Warning: This ad might inspire you to get off your couch","url":"https://time.com/4015930/nike-korea-ad/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4015930/nike-korea-ad/","name":"This Nike Korea Ad Will Inspire You to Silence the Haters, Pursue Athletic Glory"}}]}] ```