Kanye West has a lot to say lately, and, not surprisingly, a lot of it is about sneakers. In a recent interview with Breakfast Club co-host Charlamagne tha God, West spoke at length Nike Air Max TN Dames about footwear and, somewhat surprisingly, his past relationship with Nike.During the talk, he touches on comparing Barack Obama to Nike, why he wants to apologize to Nike CEO Mark Parker, what it was like designing the Adidas Stan Smith Dam Nike Air Yeezy 1, why he ultimately left Nike, and how Puma almost signed him. Oddly enough, there’s very little talk about Adidas or anything on the future of the Yeezy sneaker line. (He does reveal a bunch about the brand’s apparel, though). The interview itself is nearly two hours long. We know you have more pressing things to do today, so we saved you the trouble of sifting through the conversation and highlighted the most memorable sneaker-related quotes.On comparing Barack Obama to Nike:“I felt like Obama was perfect. He was almost like Nike or is, or Nike when I was at Nike. Not Nike now. If you sow in the good Nike Air Max 90 Dames Zwart with everything, and you’ve got your whole thing planned out and strategized, if you have a rogue character like me that comes in and he says, “We need to do this for Chicago.”

You’re going to take it with a grain of salt. You’re going to be cordial. You’re going to be all that, but you’re not really going to change anything. When I was at Nike they weren’t willing to change anything.”On apologizing to Nike and Mark Parker:“Phil Knight, who I have the most respect for, and I have respect for everyone at Nike, too. These guys, Mark Parker—I just need to speak out as a parent and apologize to this man for ever speaking Nike Air Huarache Dámské ill on his name and his company, because he gave me that shot when we did the original Yeezy at Nike.”On designing the Nike Air Yeezy 1:“[Mark Parker] was there with me on a plane while sketching. He said, ‘Look at Nike Air Huarache Heren this sketch, I’m gonna give this guy a chance.’ He put me next to Tinker Hatfield. It’s me and Don C making the first Yeezy with Tinker Hatfield and Mark Parker. That was the squad that made the original Nike. I always wanted to express that as a father. When my karma comes, I’ll accept it in real time. If Mark Parker hadn’t given me that moment, then he helped turbocharge me. And the combination of Louis Vuitton. I Nike Air Max 90 Womens had the Louis Vuitton sneaker and Nike sneaker come out at the same time.”

On why he left Nike:“I love Nike. I loved Nike. I have to put the ‘ed’ on it for the stockholders. When I was young, I used to sketch the Swoosh, everything. It was heartbreaking for me to have to leave Nike, but they refused to allow me to get royalties on my shoe. And I knew I had the hottest shoe in the world. I knew Yeezy was the hottest brand in the world. But I couldn’t get royalties. They just said, “Look, you can just make 5,000 shoes or 10,000 shoes, and we’ll give some of the proceeds to your favorite charity.’ But it was nothing to build. Now we’re building factories. They wouldn’t let me build anything. And just put out more amazing ideas to the world. My friend expressed to me that he received a royalty, because he’s a store, and I’m Yeezy? Adidas ZX Flux Dam That was the final straw.”