Quotes from Masayoshi Son

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.

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

Just believe in the future and direction of the capability that ARM has. Go deep and build a better future, both for the company and for its contribution to the industry. That's what I want ARM to do: invest more the future.

The best opportunity for return on investment is in the information revolution.

Of course Jack Ma was the guy who impressed me.

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.

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

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.

Our aim is to develop affectionate robots that can make people smile.

I'm the king of debt.

I know I should not be a hindrance to SoftBank's future growth and that I need to pass on the baton to the younger generation.

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

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

Whenever there is a big difficulty, I don't make excuses. Instead, I say I will solve it even if everybody leaves.

I would say that hardware is the bone of the head, the skull. The semiconductor is the brain within the head. The software is the wisdom and data is the knowledge.

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.

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

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

To many of you, Sprint may seem like a burden for SoftBank. But in my view, Sprint is going to be one of SoftBank's primary cash cows.

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.

When you negotiate a deal, you clearly know a lot about the other person.

I have no intention of making small bets.

Just like I gave Jack Ma and Alibaba the luxury of staying private for longer, I am now giving Arm the gift of being private. My only message to them now is take my investment and let's go, go, go.