You can tell a man by his golf, and other quotes by Nikesh Arora

Moneycontrol BureauA look at some of the quotes by Nikesh Arora, one of the highest paid executives globally, who stepped down as President and Chief Operating Officer of Japan’s SoftBank on Tuesday. “What convinced me in favour of Google was that it was still an entrepreneurial opportunity, just on a larger stage. I am a bad person for maintenance situations.”Source: Business Standard“Yes, I get paid well. And I hope I add commensurate amount of value for what I get paid. Because nobody wants to wake up in the morning feeling I am not adding value. If I was not adding value, I would give it back.”Source: NDTV“You can tell if people are genuine or not (on the golf course). It’s very hard to fake your personality for five hours; golf is a very frustrating sport.”Source: Mint"Every job you get into, you bring 50 percent of the skills you need, and you learn the other 50 percent if you’re lucky enough."Source: Fortune“Now in 2016 you have to sit down and say are these deep discounting models required to continue or is it time for people in this business to start differentiating and start trying to compete on the quality of services to the end consumer.”Source: The Economic Times “I don’t see myself as someone trying to push the envelope. I see myself as somebody trying to get stuff done. When you try to get stuff done, assertiveness can sometimes be seen as trying to push the envelope.”Source: News Crunch"I take my fiduciary responsibilities seriously and have acted appropriately and in the best interest of shareholders throughout my tenure at SoftBank and Sprint, just as I have conducted myself throughout my professional life. I am completely confident the allegations in the letter are baseless".Source: Media reports“I have decided to take a personal bet on the SoftBank Group and ensure an alignment of vision with our founder, Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son.”Source: Media reports“If we do double, triple the value of SoftBank, I’ll pay back my loan (taken to buy the shares) and give money to charity. My inspiration long term is that I want to be able to change the education system in India.Source: Bloomberg:“All good. Masa (Masayoshi Son, SoftBank CEO) wanted to be CEO for longer, I did as promised, time to move on.”Source: Twitter