I haven't invented anything earth-shattering. If I could be said to have one noteworthy ability compared with the average person, it's that I have a …

- Masayoshi Son

Having made up my mind, I went to see Steve [Jobs]. I brought a hand-drawn sketch with me, and I said, "Please make something like this." He said, "D…

- Masayoshi Son

I thought I might spend the rest of my time on golf. But thinking about it now, I'm happy playing whenever I have some downtime in my busy schedule, …

- Masayoshi Son

If something happened, like engineers starting to quit, things would go downhill fast.

- Masayoshi Son

[Simon Segars ] came by a few times.I told him, "If you understand the future of the internet of things that much, then you should add more engineers…

- Masayoshi Son

Jack's [Ma Yun ] theory is that whoever controls data controls the world.

- Masayoshi Son

I don't care about the sort of things that will bring in chump change over the next two or three years. I think I'm better than others at sniffing ou…

- Masayoshi Son

I'm a man, and I think every man wants to be No. 1.

- Masayoshi Son

But a big paradigm shift is staring us in the face. If I left things to someone else despite having my own thoughts on it, I wouldn't be true to myse…

- Masayoshi Son