Eric Yuan Quotes

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

The Future Belongs to Those Who are Fast

I like to move quickly. I don't like the nature of television of just sitting around and overshooting.

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.

We must go fast, because the race is against time.

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

I've always wanted to do things as fast as possible.

To be effective, we must also be fast, because everything is happening faster.

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.

I learned to value speed in everything I do.

Speed focuses the mind. It cuts through the fog of drab everyday living and keeps us on our toes. Speed works. Speed saves lives. Speed is good. And we should have more of it, not less.

If you have to choose between power and speed and it often turns out you have to make that choice, you've got to go for speed.

I think the high-tech industry is used to developing new things very quickly. It's the Silicon Valley way of doing business: You either move very quickly and you work hard to improve your product technology, or you get destroyed by some other company.

'In Praise of Slowness' chronicles the global trend towards deceleration that has come to be known as the Slow Movement. Don't worry, though: it is not a Luddite rant. I love speed. Going fast can be fun, liberating and productive. The problem is that our hunger for speed, for cramming more and more into less and less time, has gone too far.

Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference.

We like things to happen very quickly; it’s our lifestyle.

Roosevelt seemed to feel that everything ought to be done before sundown.

I'm not interested in how long I can hold out, but in how fast I can reach the finishing line.

You've got to close deals quickly, or else you'll miss out.

Delay is not our friend. Delay is our enemy.

The whole idea behind virtual integration is that it lets you meet customers' needs faster and more efficiently than any other model. With vertical integration, you can be an efficient producer - as long as the world isn't changing very much.

I think any time you increase focus, increase speed, all those are going to help any business.

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.

I like to be pretty streamlined, to maximize our time on the practice floor. I like to make sure I'm respectful of our players' time.