Nancy Lopez Quotes

Concentrate, don't embroider.

Less is more.

I can't focus when there's too many things around. Whenever I used to go to the office, I used to always say, 'Tidy up.'

When reading, only read. When eating, only eat. When thinking, only think.

A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.

Through your life, most people peel away the junk that's not useful, that's superfluous. You are determined to peel that away. I do one thing at a time. One man at a time. One car. One house. One child. One job.

I sometimes think less is more. If you cut yourself in too many places, it is hard to execute.

Most people in business and within their personal lives move towards complexity. More To Dos. More projects. More products. More meetings. More possessions. More goals. The best - I suggest to you - move in the opposite direction.

I usually go with the 'less is more' approach.

The more you can keep your action and your mind and the ball you are delivering as simple as you can nothing can go wrong.

Look, I try to focus on the essentials, on the games. It is very good for me.

I feel like the phone was in my way. So I got rid of the phone to focus.

I can let go of a lot of stuff, but I focus on things I think I should, like dancing, because it takes 100 percent concentration on every step.

One thing I've learned over my career is that simplicity is the key: on the field, off as well.

I do better in life when my world seems a little smaller.

Simplicity is ultimately a matter of focus.

A simple life is not seeing how little we can get by with-that's poverty-but how efficiently we can put first things first. . . . When you're clear about your purpose and your priorities, you can painlessly discard whatever does not support these, whether it's clutter in your cabinets or commitments on your calendar. (148)

I've noticed that sometimes when you keep things a little smaller, it's easier to focus on the creative aspects of what you're doing.

Avoid such situations in which you are unnecessarily burdened with rubbish. You already have too much as it is, you need to be unburdened of it. And you go on collecting it as if it is something precious. Talk less, listen only to the essential, be telegraphic in talking and listening. If you talk less, if you listen less, slowly slowly you will see that a cleanliness, a feeling of purity, as if you have just taken a bath, will start arising within you. That becomes the necessary soil for meditation to arise. Don't go on reading all kinds of nonsense.

Simplicity requires ruthlessness.

My goal is to omit everything superfluous so that the essential is shown to best possible advantage.

Simplify, simplify, simplify.

The fight in theatre is focus, focus, focus.

The simple things in life ground me and keep me focused so I'm able to do a good job with what is in front of me.

Take the complications, rules, shoulds, musts, have tos, and so on out of your life. By uncomplicating your life and removing the trivial pursuits that occupy so much of it, you open a channel for the genius within you to emerge.