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" I try to make myself happy, no, because I know that if I'm not happy, my colleagues are not happy and my shareholders are not happy and my customers are not happy. "

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" When we started the e-commerce, nobody believed that China would have e-commerce because people believed in 'guang-shi,' face-to-face, and all kinds of network in traditional ways. There's no trust system in China. "

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

" Every time there's an election, people start to criticize China. "

" 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. "

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

" My job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure more people get rich, because you cannot spend a lot of money, right? So my job is spending money, helping others. This is a headache. "

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

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" 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. "

" What kind of business world are we living in? "

" 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. "

" I know nothing about technology. "

" 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. "

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

" A startup for entrepreneurs is like a baby, and I have five babies so far - experienced father. "

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" I'm humble 'cause I think many years ago people say, 'Well, Alibaba's terrible company'. And I know we were not that terrible. We're pretty good; we're better than people thought. But today, when people have a high expectation on you, and I start to worry and nervous because we are not good yet. "

" When we first started our internet company, 'China Pages', in 1995, and we were just making home pages for a lot of Chinese companies. We went to the big owners, the big companies, and they didn't want to do it. We go to state-owned companies, and they didn't want to do it. Only the small and medium companies really want to do it. "

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" I respect Apple. It's a great company that changed the world, especially the mobile time. "

" I'm just a purist. What is important in my life is that I can do something that can influence many people and influence China's development. When I am myself, I am relaxed and happy and have a good result. "

" I don't think I'm a workaholic. Every weekend, I invite my colleagues and friends to my home to play cards. And people, my neighbors, are always surprised because I live on the second floor apartment, and there are usually 40 pairs of shoes in front of my gate, and people play cards inside and play chess. We have a lot of fun. "

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

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

" If you're doing business, not that simple to only buy. You have to create something. You have to create something that never exist for the future. "

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

" On privacy issues, it's just like hundreds of years ago when people said, 'I would rather put my money under my pillow than in a bank.' But today, banks know how to protect money much better than you do. Today, we may not have the answers to privacy issues, but I believe our young people will come up with the solutions. "

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

" China's government is so strong on investment, so strong on exporting, but they're too weak on domestic consumption. "

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

" 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. "

" Trade is a communication of cultures and values. "

" 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. "