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

It doesn't matter if I failed. At least I passed the concept on to others. Even if I don't succeed, someone will succeed.

We appreciate yesterday, but we're looking for a better tomorrow.

Even if your competitor is still small in size or weak, you should take him seriously and treat him as a giant. Likewise, even if your competitor is massive in size, you shouldn't regard yourself as a weakling.

If you have a different mindset, you will have a different outcome: if you make different choices from your peers, your life will then be different from your peers.

Don't even trust that you are able to unify what everyone is thinking; it is impossible

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