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" I absolutely don't have $20 billion. But I'd love to, right? "

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" I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected. "

" As a company, we have to be very transparent. We are in a business very related to finance, and I want this company to last long, and I want this company to be audited by everyone. "

" If Alibaba cannot become a Microsoft or Wal-Mart, I will regret it for the rest of my life. "

" There's an examination for young people to go to university. I failed it three times. I failed a lot. So I applied to 30 different jobs and got rejected. I went for a job with the police; they said, 'You're no good.' I even went to KFC when it came to my city. Twenty-four people went for the job. Twenty-three were accepted. "

" Asia is changing, and China is changing. The 'Post' will have great opportunities. With its access to Alibaba's resources, data, and all the relationships in our ecosystem, the 'Post' can report on Asia and China more accurately compared with other media that have no such access. "

" There are big problems that change the world. If we are working together, that will make us understand each other, appreciate each other, help each other. "

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" I don't want people in China to have deep pockets but shallow minds. "

" I want to stress the importance of being fair to our readers. You should not impose your own view and prejudice on the readers and try to lead them to a conclusion. As a reader, I understand what a fair report is. "

" My vision is to build an e-commerce ecosystem that allows consumers and businesses to do all aspects of business online. "

" When I am myself, I am happy and have a good result. "

" The very important thing you should have is patience. "

" IBM, Microsoft, the profit they made was larger than the top four banks in China put together... But where did the money go? "

" When I graduated from university I tried to buy a beeper, and it cost me $250. My pay at the time was $10 a month. "

" Consumption is still going up on Alibaba. This is because when the economy goes down people look online to Alibaba to buy cheaper things. "

" We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes. "

" I got my story, my dream, from America. The hero I had is Forrest Gump... I like that guy. I've been watching that movie about 10 times. Every time I get frustrated, I watch the movie. I watched the movie before I came here again to New York. I watched the movie again telling me that no matter whatever changed, you are you. "

" I like to play cards. I'm not very good, because I don't want to calculate, I just play by instinct. But I've learned a lot of business philosophy by playing poker. "

" Nobody wanted to believe Jack Ma. "

" Our philosophy is that we want to be an ecosystem. Our philosophy is to empower others to sell, empower others to service, making sure the other people are more powerful than us. With our technology, our innovation, our partners - 10 million small business sellers - they can compete with Microsoft and IBM. "

" People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money. "

" My dream was to set up my own e-commerce company. In 1999, I gathered 18 people in my apartment and spoke to them for two hours about my vision. Everyone put their money on the table, and that got us $60,000 to start Alibaba. I wanted to have a global company, so I chose a global name. "

" I think globalization is a great thing. And now a lot of people complain about globalization; a lot of people don't like, you know, the globalize of the concept, the idea of the results. I think the globalization is a great idea and to create a lot of jobs. "

" When I was 12 years old, I got interested in learning English. "

" I know nothing about technology. "

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" I think young generation is always better than last generation. No matter you like it or don't like it. My father said, 'Jack, I'm so good, you'll never be' - but I'm better than him. My father is better than my grandfather. My children will be better than us. "

" I tell the government, if people have no jobs, you are in trouble. Government will be in trouble. My job is to help more people have jobs. "

" The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy. "