Masayoshi Son Quotes

I am not overconfident.

I'd never be overly confident about anything.

The only way to get under me is to get over yourself.

I don't want to believe my own hype.

If I was sharp in every area, I might be too big-headed or something.

I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one.

Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.

One who is shy will never gain knowledge, nor one who is proud.

Overconfidence has never been my problem.

I never like to get ahead of myself. I'm not one of those people that do that.

I never try to get ahead of myself because there's nothing that bothers me more than cockiness. I don't think that's necessary at all.

Be very slow to believe that you are wiser than all others; it is a fatal but common error.

You're all right, as long as you don't believe your own hype.

I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

Hubris and science are incompatible.

You need ego but mine is not blinding.

Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.

Some of the best advice I was ever given was: 'Don't believe your own hype.'

I've learned how to stay humble. I don't want to get in over my head because when you do that it takes you off your game.

I try not to be proud. I try to actively attack pride.

The man who voyages strange seas must of necessity be a little unsure of himself. It is the man with the flashy air of knowing everything, who is always with it, that we should beware of.

I try to keep my head on straight and take nothing for granted.

We have reason to feel good, but it's also a threat to feel too good and I will pay attention that that doesn't happen.

I've done my best to work from a place of humility - always looking over your shoulder saying, 'Does this suck?' and I think that's a good way to work. The other way to work is where you start to think, 'I'm on fire, I'm amazing!' and I don't think that's the way to work.