1.談不放棄：“今天很殘酷，明天更殘酷，后天很美好。”
On not giving up:"Today is cruel. Tomorrow is crueler. And the day after tomorrow is beautiful."
2.談過去的失誤：“只要不放棄，你就還有機會。如果不夠強大，你就得專注、多想，不要蠻干。”
On past mistakes from "the dark days at Alibaba": "If you don't give up, you still have a chance. And, when you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength."
3.談團隊合作：“如果我們是個優秀的團隊，并且知道奮斗的目標，我們就可以以一擋十。”
On teamwork:"If we are a good team and known what we want to do, one of us can defeat ten of them."
4.談使命：“要是我失敗了，也沒關系。至少，我把一些想法傳遞給了其他人。即使我未能成功，總有后來者會成功過。”
On having a larger mission: "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."
5.談毅力：“我們一定會成功，因為我們年輕。我們永遠、永遠不會放棄。”
On perseverance: "We will make it because we are young and we will never, never give up."
6.談工作：“每天8點上班、5點下班不是一家高科技公司的工作節奏，如果阿里巴巴是這樣的共工作節奏，也不會取得成功。要是選擇早8晚5的節奏，我們就應該去干點別的。”
On work:"If we go to work at 8 am and go home at 5 pm, this is not a high-tech company and Alibaba will never be successful. If we have that kind of 8-to-5 spirit, then we should just go and do something else."
7.談競爭：“應該向競爭對手學習，但不能抄襲。要是抄襲，公司完了。”
On competition:"You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die."
8.談Alibaba.com 2007年IPO：“阿里不是只提供工作機會，它能幫人實現夢想。實現夢想是阿里的事業。華爾街投資家們可以詛咒我們(我們不在乎)。”
On Alibaba.com's 2007 IPO:"Alibaba is not just a job. It's a dream. It's a cause. Let the Wall Street investors curse us if they want."
9.談創建公司：“想要發展，得抓住機會。在時下，如果想成為偉大的公司，必須要解決社會問題。”
On starting a company:"If you want to grow, find a good opportunity. Today, if you want to be a great company, think about what social problem you could solve."
10.談自己在技術方面是外行：“一群聰明的人需要一個蠢人領導他們。如果一個團隊全都是科學家，最好的方式是找個農民領導他們。因為，農民和科學家的思維方式不一樣。一個團隊里，有人可以從不同的角度看待問題，這個團隊就會成功。”
On the benefits of his technological ineptitude:"Intelligent people need a fool to lead them. When the team's all a bunch of scientists, it is best to have a peasant lead the way. His way of thinking is different. It's easier to win if you have people seeing things from different perspectives."
11.談發展：“在發展電子商務方面，最重要的是，堅持你現在做的，并且帶著激情。”
On growth: "In carrying out e-commerce, the most important thing is to keep doing what you are doing right now with passion, to keep it up."