Elevator pitch of why keyboard shortcuts rule

A coworker asked me why I find important to learn and memorize keyboard shortcuts.

I wrote about it some time ago, but this time this person wanted my elevator pitch, so it came out like this:

If I have to use the mouse to reach a certain menu to perform an action, a simple refactoring like extracting method, or inlining a variable for example, I am likely to get lost in the menus trying to find the right option. I know I am not the only one…

If I am more likely to get lost in the refactoring menus (taking up my precious time before that urgent deadline), I am less likely to use the menus more often.

If I am less likely to use the menus, I am less likely to refactor my code often (because doing it manually is hard). And if I don’t refactor, my code sucks.

On the other hand (bad pun here), if I don’t have to leave the keyboard to refactor, typing and refactoring become part of the same flow. No extra effort in grabbing the mouse, giving it a couple of shakes because the pointer does not want to move exactly where I want and then finding the right option under the right menu.

My coworker nodded and smiled. The conversation drifted to another subject so I am not sure I was convincing. What would you have changed to make this a better pitch?