Jack Ma's Quotes

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

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

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.

A peace talk is always difficult, always complicated.

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

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

I don't care about revenues.

I know nothing about technology.

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

I want people to learn what democracy means.

I'm a normal guy.

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

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

Nobody wanted to believe Jack Ma.

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

The very important thing you should have is patience.

Today the financial market is no good, but the money is there.

What kind of business world are we living in?