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" I have no intention of making small bets. "
Masayoshi Son
Making
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" If I go to the department store, I get no excitement: I can buy the entire department store instead of one bag. So I lost excitement of shopping. "
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" 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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" I believe this artificial intelligence is going to be our partner. If we misuse it, it will be a risk. If we use it right, it can be our partner. "
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" When you negotiate a deal, you clearly know a lot about the other person. "
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" Being educated in the United States gave me a good understanding of American culture. I think I got a lot of influence from the entrepreneurial mind in the United States. "
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" 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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" To have real success and roots in a society, there has to be a local champion, and hence we believe in identifying a local entrepreneur. "
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" I use the iPhone and iPad every day, and I no longer touch PCs at all. "
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Day
Use
" In Internet in general, there are security, privacy, and many other issues. "
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Security
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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. "
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Own
" Every street light will be interconnected to the Internet because we can save when car is not passing. Automobile will all be connected, so driverless car much safer. "
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Street
" I want to be number one. "
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Want
" I was richer than Bill Gates for 3 days. "
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Than
Bill Gates
" A person's life is over in 50, 100 years. But a company lives on through the people it is composed of, and SoftBank group has to survive even after I'm gone. "
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Group
Company
" 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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Technology
Baby
Great
" In tennis, you strike a ball just after the rebound for the fastest return. It's the same with investment. "
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Tennis
Investment
Return
" I'm still committed to the success of the U.K. and the belief of the strong intelligence and passion and determination of the British people. I'm a strong believer of their long-term historical success. "
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Success
Determination
Strong
" The pension system ties you to companies much longer in Japan. "
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Japan
Much
Pension
" When those super intelligence goes into robots, those robots with the super intelligence will change our lives. "
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Goes
Intelligence
Robots
" India has the best opportunity ahead of us. "
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Opportunity
India
Ahead
" We saw a big bang in PCs; we saw a big bang in the Internet. I believe the next big bang is going to be even bigger. To be ready for that, we need to set the foundation, and that foundation is SoftBank Vision Fund. "
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Believe
Vision
Internet
" I'm the king of debt. "
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Debt
King
" When the founders retire, it's always difficult for the second generation and third generation. "
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Always
Difficult
Retire
" Our aim is to develop affectionate robots that can make people smile. "
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" Wisdom and knowledge are the most valuable things in the body. "
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" To many of you, Sprint may seem like a burden for SoftBank. But in my view, Sprint is going to be one of SoftBank's primary cash cows. "
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" 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. "
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" Those who rule data will rule the entire world. "
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" I always have a big idea. It pops up every two to three years. "
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