When those super intelligence goes into robots, those robots with the super intelligence will change our lives.

All human beings are the same. In the United States, people come from all over the world, all races, all backgrounds. And they're all doing what they want, many scoring huge successes. When I saw that, I became more open. It freed my soul.

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.

Of course Jack Ma was the guy who impressed me.

Being educated in the United States gave me a good understanding of American culture. I think I got a lot of influence from the entrepreneurial mind in the United States.

As a student, I had a hobby of inventing new ideas for products. For me, thinking of new businesses is like inventing new products.

My original intent for investing into Sprint - the main strategy was to buy Sprint and T-Mobile at the same time, so we'd have a critical mass to fight against AT&T and Verizon. The U.S. government didn't accept that. They rejected it. So my fundamental strategy was broken.

If Japanese cannot have new babies quick enough, then the government should start importing workers faster.

The energy in Silicon Valley is because of the very talented engineers immigrating from around the world, especially Indians and Chinese. They are the best engineers, and Japan doesn't have enough of them.

The pension system ties you to companies much longer in Japan.

I want to be number one.

Softbank has always been a service firm, and with the Internet, services became the center of the technology industry.

It's easy to look at where your pieces are now and place the next one nearby.

We saw a big bang in PCs; we saw a big bang in the Internet. I believe the next big bang is going to be even bigger. To be ready for that, we need to set the foundation, and that foundation is SoftBank Vision Fund.

I am going to support Ola.

I see a lot of opportunity in Internet-related start-ups, and second is the solar business.

InMobi is not just an India-focused company, but it is a global player.

To have real success and roots in a society, there has to be a local champion, and hence we believe in identifying a local entrepreneur.

Japan had an energy crisis. I thought, instead of just worrying about it, I should take some kind of responsibility to provide the solutions.

In Internet in general, there are security, privacy, and many other issues.

Alibaba model is the model that I am supporting in China, in India, and even in Japan.

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

We believe the singularity is inevitable, and all businesses will be redefined as computers overtake humans in intelligence.

I am the man who keeps his words.

India has the best opportunity ahead of us.

I was richer than Bill Gates for 3 days.

If I go to the department store, I get no excitement: I can buy the entire department store instead of one bag. So I lost excitement of shopping.

It's actually sad to be rich.

I said from the very beginning, 'Yahoo should position itself as a technology innovation company, not as a media company.'

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

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

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

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

Best thing for a government to do is to eliminate obstacles like filing registrations, getting licences, and so on... tedious steps slow everything down.

Money is available from investors as long as you have a great business model and a talented leader.

God is so kind, he has given so much sunshine to India.

We have lots of ideas, lots of dreams.

Alibaba is Alibaba. We are going to keep on, you know, having Alibaba as our core company in our family.

The year 2000, I was the richest for three days. So I know up and down.

Back in the year 2000, most of the Internet companies were not making any money.

I always have a big idea. It pops up every two to three years.

Most of the time, when I make a big move, people say I am out of my mind. But I don't think about how I can add to what I have today.

I think in terms of 20-year horizons.

When Gates was active in business, he was the smartest - so focused that no company could surpass Microsoft.

Uber has to design for the global platform.

Those who rule chips will rule the entire world.

We feel a brand should be free.

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.

When the founders retire, it's always difficult for the second generation and third generation.

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.