Masayoshi Son

When I was a kid, our family was not that rich.

My belief is that we should never become overconfident.

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.

There will come an age when our average life expectancy will reach 200 years.

Every street light will be interconnected to the Internet because we can save when car is not passing. Automobile will all be connected, so driverless car much safer.

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

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

Yahoo was Jerry Yang's baby. He did a great job creating the baby. Unfortunately, some of the key executives after the foundation of the company couldn't keep up with the technology innovation of the industry. They thought that Yahoo should become a media company.

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.

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

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

Robots have already surpassed human beings in calculation and memory, but I have no doubt that the time will come when they will surpass in wisdom as well.