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" When I was 12 years old, I went to swim in a lake, and I almost died in that lake because the water was too deep - much deeper than I thought. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I don't care about revenues. "

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

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

" I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" What a publication can do is to help people get a clearer picture without jumping to any rash conclusion. I'm very happy that the 'Post' can take the responsibility to report on China in a broader and deeper way. I believe the 'Post' must be fair to our readers. We should let our readers see China from more angles and perspectives. "

" 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. "

" People think, 'Jack, you do too much.' "

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

" In the beginning I just wanted to survive. For the first three years, we made zero revenue. I remember many times when I was trying to pay up, the restaurant owner would say, 'Your bill was paid.' And there would be a note saying, 'Mr. Ma, I'm your customer on the Alibaba platform. I made a lot of money, and I know you don't, so I paid the bill.' "

" A trade war would be a disaster for the world. It's very easy to slip into a trade war. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Spending money is much more difficult than making money. "