Making the Best of Limited Resources Quotes

My personal style comes from jugaad, a Hindi word meaning doing more with less.

I tend to kind of try to use what's in my environment to the best of my ability rather than seek out things that I don't already have.

At times, I didn't play, but I was still the best - that's how I saw it. If I get 15, 20 minutes, I will do what I have to do and make an impact.

You get really scrappy when you're making things for zero dollars, and you just have to keep thinking like that. It's not like, 'Oh, we now have a little bit more money, let's do things differently.' If you just keep boiling it down to the simplest possible way to make it, I think that always ends up being the best.

A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials.

It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.

When I think about how I grew up sleeping on a cot in the hallway in a one-bedroom apartment in Flatbush, it's been a great life. I can't complain.

I had to wait my turn. I had to learn that even when you're sitting behind somebody, you still have a chance to learn something every single day.

Because we had no money when I was growing up, when I started dancing, I wasn't allowed to be frivolous - my mum made me go to every lesson because she was paying for it.

My number-one theory in life is that style is proportional to your lack of resources - the less you have, the more stylish you're likely to be.

If you have only 95 minutes of material, make an only 95-minute movie. Amazing how often that's forgotten.

We called ourselves '2 Too Many' because we only had enough money for one of us.

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

I think I've always been very good at taking advantage of the opportunities that have been given to me, because I didn't have many. Once I got one, I grabbed it with two hands.

Something's always better than nothing.

I'm not going to last six months here, so I'll do as I please.

I came from a background where I had to share everything with seven other siblings. From hand-me-downs to sleeping in tents, we had to make what we had work. With WWE, they give you everything you need to perform at your best.

I grew up learning to do more with less.

There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do.