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" Difficulty comes not only because of your mistakes, but once you try to make an excuse or accuse someone else, your mind stops thinking. "

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" When Gates was active in business, he was the smartest - so focused that no company could surpass Microsoft. "

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" Whenever there is a big difficulty, I don't make excuses. Instead, I say I will solve it even if everybody leaves. "

" It would take enormous expertise for Amazon to win in every category. Do you think McDonald's could be number one in hamburgers, seafood, and Chinese food? "

" India has the best opportunity ahead of us. "

" My original intent for investing into Sprint - the main strategy was to buy Sprint and T-Mobile at the same time, so we'd have a critical mass to fight against AT&T and Verizon. The U.S. government didn't accept that. They rejected it. So my fundamental strategy was broken. "

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" Yahoo was Jerry Yang's baby. He did a great job creating the baby. Unfortunately, some of the key executives after the foundation of the company couldn't keep up with the technology innovation of the industry. They thought that Yahoo should become a media company. "

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" We believe the singularity is inevitable, and all businesses will be redefined as computers overtake humans in intelligence. "

" When I was a kid, our family was not that rich. "

" Those who rule data will rule the entire world. "

" Robots have already surpassed human beings in calculation and memory, but I have no doubt that the time will come when they will surpass in wisdom as well. "

" Japan had an energy crisis. I thought, instead of just worrying about it, I should take some kind of responsibility to provide the solutions. "

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" I started Softbank in 1981, a year and a half after I came back from the United States, after graduating from Berkeley. I wanted to start my own company when I came back to Japan. "

" Traditional companies have to start looking into themselves to offer more opportunities in their companies by starting new subsidiaries and joint ventures. "

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" I said from the very beginning, 'Yahoo should position itself as a technology innovation company, not as a media company.' "

" I try to look in the future and think backwards. That is when I am at my most comfortable. Because then I am just like the movie, 'Back to the Future.' "

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" It's a long journey. There will be good times, and there will be bad times, but SoftBank is always there. "