Every day is different. There's always, as we call it in the NBA, a 'drama,' a team's drama, there's always something.

I value my staff and I believe in hiring people who are smarter than myself.

Two of the most difficult parts of our business is trades and when a player leaves.

I have a mandate to win and that's what I want to do.

When you get a chance to get a top five player, which doesn't come very often, you have to jump on it.

I love the work that I do.

My dad always taught me that you have to be good to the next person all the time because one person is going to help another person.

You don't have to be a leader of a big organization. You can be a leader of your brother, of a young kid, of your community. That way you affect life, someway, somehow.

I understand my job and what the job is and what has to be done basketball wise. I do that 24/7 and it's a huge priority for me, but I cannot be in this job and not try to affect the youth of Africa, or the youth around the world, even. Help other people in some kind of way.

It doesn't all have to be about giving money. Sometimes it's a smile that changes the life of one little kid.

I have to give back. For me, it would be a failure if I could not give back.

The more you give, the more you grow.

Whether it's drafting or player development, the ultimate is putting a team together.

One of Giants of Africa's fundamental mottos is - Dream Big. We believe that basketball can be used as a tool to educate and develop youth around the world to accomplish their dreams.

Players want to go where the team wins and where the team has a great culture, ownership and all of that. It doesn't matter where you are. It really doesn't matter, you have to perform and you have to win.

You want to win in the NBA you want to build a culture and teams will always do that and try to win. It's cutthroat. All 30 teams want to be that way whether they are rebuilding, have young players, have a style of play. It doesn't matter, everybody wants to win.

Boy or girl, the youth of the world deserve opportunity and we as leaders have to be the ones that at least create a path for them.

I grew up in northern Nigeria.

I was honestly more talented in soccer than in basketball. I don't think I'd have gone anywhere in soccer. But I think I was more talented in soccer.

I couldn't shoot. When I went to play in Europe, I learned to shoot better. I could jump, so people would just back off of me.

I was one of those athletic African players.

There were great European players that were great basketball players that did not make it in the NBA... This is the best league in the world.

Our job is to find out what's the next thing that is going to be advantageous to us and contribute to winning.

We can say potential all we want, but at the end of the day, sports is about winning.

It doesn't matter where you are - it could be Timbuktu - if you win, people will watch, they'll follow and they'll support.

It's my responsibility to put a team on the floor that will win, and that attracts players.

Look at the teams that have been successful in the NBA. Yes, you have big, glamorous cities like L.A. But Miami has won, and so has San Antonio. Oklahoma City is a very successful team. They're not the biggest markets.

I love it here. I really do. Toronto is home for me.

To build a winning culture, you are going to have to prove yourself.

I'm proud of Toronto. I'm proud of Canada. I'm proud of the NBA. I'm very proud of it.

I don't really watch any TV. I'll glance at the TV sometimes if my wife's watching 'Empire' or 'Scandal.' I'll sit with her for an episode. But I don't have a TV show that I watch.

Those who rule data will rule the entire world.

It's a long journey. There will be good times, and there will be bad times, but SoftBank is always there.

People usually compare the computer to the head of the human being. I would say that hardware is the bone of the head, the skull. The semiconductor is the brain within the head. The software is the wisdom. And data is the knowledge.

Think big; think disruptive. Execute with full passion.

Uber is redefining the transportation industry now; Airbnb is doing it to the hotel industry. You can expect that to happen in every single industry.

It struck me deep in my mind. Some day, the chip is going to surpass mankind's brain.

Our aim is to develop affectionate robots that can make people smile.

My passion never fades out.

I have no intention of making small bets.

In tennis, you strike a ball just after the rebound for the fastest return. It's the same with investment.

A person's life is over in 50, 100 years. But a company lives on through the people it is composed of, and SoftBank group has to survive even after I'm gone.

The best opportunity for return on investment is in the information revolution.

If you live in the States, you see the windmill signal on your smartphone all the time. It's like living in Beijing air. You have to remember the blue sky.

Internet as a service is like culture that you have to understand, and each country has a local culture.

I believe this artificial intelligence is going to be our partner. If we misuse it, it will be a risk. If we use it right, it can be our partner.

I am not trying to chase what other people are doing.

I'm still committed to the success of the U.K. and the belief of the strong intelligence and passion and determination of the British people. I'm a strong believer of their long-term historical success.

Softbank 2.0 means globalisation of Softbank.

If they had listened to me and had equal partnerships in China, the U.K., Germany and Brazil, maybe Yahoo in those countries could have become positioned like Yahoo Japan.