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

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

" The American multinational companies made millions and millions of dollars from globalization. "

" I want people to learn what democracy means. "

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

" Trade is a communication of cultures and values. "

" I'm coming to this world not to work. I want to come to this world to enjoy my life. I don't want to die in my office. I want to die on the beaches. "

" When I was starting out, I thought about how the Internet is global and that we should have a global name, a name that's interesting. At that time, the best name was Yahoo! Suddenly I thought, 'Alibaba is a good name.' "

" Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine. "

" Alibaba spends money on improving the products and services, not on kickbacks. That's a good thing. It's called a value system, and because of that, we get more and more small- to medium-sized companies to support us in China. "

" I am going to enjoy some other things apart from business. "

" The world needs new leadership, but the new leadership is about working together. "

Working Together

" Trust the young people; trust this generation's innovation. They're making things, changing innovation every day. And all the consumers are the same: they want new things, they want cheap things, they want good things, they want unique things. If we can create these kind of things for consumers, they will come. "

" I know nothing about technology. "

" 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. "

" I think Yahoo is a great company, with great assets. "

" Every government says they love small businesses, but what have they done for them? We should pull down all the barriers. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Alibaba is an ecosystem that helps small business to grow. "

" If we work so hard and put all the money in the hospital to buy medicine - it will be a disaster. Why we should work? So without a healthy environment of this Earth, no matter how much money you make, no matter how wonderful you are, you have a bad disaster. "

" You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die. "

" Nobody wanted to believe Jack Ma. "

" Chinese people, young people, they don't go shopping a lot in department stores. All department store guys hate me. They say business is bad because of Jack. "

" 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. "

" I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life important. "

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

" The lessons I learned from the dark days at Alibaba are that you've got to make your team have value, innovation, and vision. Also, if you don't give up, you still have a chance. And, when you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength. "

" We want to help U.S. entrepreneurs, small business owners, and brands and companies of all sizes sell their goods to the growing Chinese consumer class. Chinese consumers will get to buy the American products they want. This, in turn, will help create American jobs and increase U.S. exports. "