Quotes by Jack Ma

“I think (in) search, we have a chance to win, When we took (over) Yahoo search, it was not good, and it is not good today either. We are here to make it better.”

“From today onwards, in China Yahoo means a search engine and a search engine means Yahoo,”

“The game is almost over, finished. Im not interested in that competition at all,”

“What we are doing is sending out a strong signal to China, to the Yahoo team: We are focused and we are coming,”

“Im not a political group. Im a businessman.”

“I would do the same thing. I would let the government take him.”

“Yahoo today is not a portal. Yahoo today is a search engine.”

“Chinas search market is very big.”

“In terms of sensitive phrases, we will use laws and regulations to deal with this.”

“Four years ago, we were naive; there was fierce fighting, ... Now all of us are survivors. We are more calm-minded.”

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

As a business person, I want the world to share the prosperity together.

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 respect Apple. Its a great company that changed the world, especially the mobile time.

We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes.

Trade is a communication of cultures and values.

Im coming to this world not to work. I want to come to this world to enjoy my life. I dont want to die in my office. I want to die on the beaches.

I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my citys worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the citys Students Federation.

The lessons I learned from the dark days at Alibaba are that youve got to make your team have value, innovation, and vision. Also, if you dont give up, you still have a chance. And, when you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength.

The very important thing you should have is patience.