Jack Ma

When I was 12 years old, I went to swim in a lake, and I almost died in that lake because the water was too deep – much deeper than I thought.

Jack Ma

When we have money, we start making mistakes.

Jack Ma

When we started the e-commerce, nobody believed that China would have e-commerce because people believed in ‘guang-shi,’ face-to-face, and all kinds of network in traditional ways. There’s no trust system in China.

Jack Ma

When you have one million dollars, you’re a lucky person. When you have 10 million dollars, you’ve got trouble, a lot of headaches.

Jack Ma

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

Jack Ma

You American people worry too much about the China economy. Every time you think China is a problem, we get better, but when you have a high expectation for China, China is always a problem.

Jack Ma

You never know how much can you do in your life.

Jack Ma