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" SoftBank is not a specialist on any instrument. We did not invent any instrument. Not the best player. But we would like to be a conductor of this information revolution. "

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" If you live in the States, you see the windmill signal on your smartphone all the time. It's like living in Beijing air. You have to remember the blue sky. "

" 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. "

" If they had listened to me and had equal partnerships in China, the U.K., Germany and Brazil, maybe Yahoo in those countries could have become positioned like Yahoo Japan. "

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" I am actually better at predicting or talking about 30 years later than three years. "

" I always take bold moves. So it can have great return but with great risk. "

" I always have a big idea. It pops up every two to three years. "

Masayoshi Son

Years

Two

" Renewables is part of social responsibility, but the information revolution is the only main thing I am interested in. "

" We have lots of ideas, lots of dreams. "

" Uber is redefining the transportation industry now; Airbnb is doing it to the hotel industry. You can expect that to happen in every single industry. "

" 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. "

" When Gates was active in business, he was the smartest - so focused that no company could surpass Microsoft. "

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Focused

Active

" All human beings are the same. In the United States, people come from all over the world, all races, all backgrounds. And they're all doing what they want, many scoring huge successes. When I saw that, I became more open. It freed my soul. "

" Some kind of correction will always happen. But it depends on the specific companies. "

" We feel a brand should be free. "

" We are not experts on everything. We are not capable of doing everything by ourselves. There are a bunch of other smarter people around the world. "

" Softbank 2.0 means globalisation of Softbank. "

Masayoshi Son

Globalisation

Means

" Best thing for a government to do is to eliminate obstacles like filing registrations, getting licences, and so on... tedious steps slow everything down. "

" In tennis, you strike a ball just after the rebound for the fastest return. It's the same with investment. "

" 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. "

" I am not trying to chase what other people are doing. "

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I Am

Doing

" We believe the singularity is inevitable, and all businesses will be redefined as computers overtake humans in intelligence. "

" In the early stages of Internet in Japan, many said that Japanese and Americans are different. There are 10 reasons why Japanese Internet is not taking off. I said none of them are right; it's just a time lag. And, of course, Japanese Internet took off. "

" I said from the very beginning, 'Yahoo should position itself as a technology innovation company, not as a media company.' "

" Those who rule chips will rule the entire world. "

" We only live once, so I want to think big. "

" SoftBank has had a lot of businesses, but they've always ranked, say, third in Japan or fourth in the U.S. "

" I don't like accidental success. It's what Bill Gates calls 'random,' a term he uses with the opposite of respect. "

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Opposite

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" I don't care whether the technology is invented by our employees. I want to bring everybody's innovations into our ecosystem together. "

" There will come an age when our average life expectancy will reach 200 years. "