Brad Stevens Quotes

I'm always trying to think of ways to make something more efficient. If I have to do something once, that's fine. If I have to do it twice, I'm kind of annoyed. And if I have to do it three times, I'm going to try to automate it.

Men want to make the best use of time and want to see how something can inform them and give them a stronger sense of power.

I pack every minute I can with something to do.

I try to be as efficient as possible.

I feel that everything I do in my life I can do in a shorter time than most men can. It's the quality, not the quantity.

I think of all my time as existing in 15-minute blocks. Most people think in terms of 30-minute chunks, but I've found that when I free up more time, I waste it.

The time I save setting up and cleaning up probably balances out by the time I spend on output.

A computer shall not waste your time or require you to do more work than is strictly necessary.

Every game, and almost every life situation, has short cuts: ways you can get better without learning the entire literature of the game from beginning to end.

Any task can be completed in only one-third more time than is currently estimated.

Actually I like working kind of fast, because if you got it, why bother doing it over and over?

Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.

Whenever I have to do something, I try to minimise the time it takes me to do it. I just cannot wait.

I'm all about time management. I have gotten my makeup prep in the morning down to, like, four minutes. There's just not enough time in the day.

We have limited time, and we have to maximize it.

Three-quarters of directors waste four hours on a shot that requires five minutes of actual directing. I prefer to have five minutes' work for the crew - and keep the three hours to myself for thought.

The obvious rule of efficiency is you don't want to spend more time organizing than it's worth.

If you see something that doesn't make sense, ask. Change it. Think about dollars, think about your soldiers' time, think about efficiency.

I like modern efficiencies and functionality.

One of the key principles we have at Amazon is 'by a fraction.' We like to get things done quickly.

I try to do anything I can to quicken things up.

Following straight lines shortens distances, and also life.

One essential object is to choose that arrangement which shall tend to reduce to a minimum the time necessary for completing the calculation.

Your greatest resource is your time.

If I can be more efficient, I'm actually being more respectful to the reader, which then implies a greater intimacy with the reader.