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by Trisha Had her baby on December 22nd, 2007

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If quitters never win and winners never quit, who said “Quit while you’re ahead”?

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  • by Drastic on December 22nd, 2007

    Drastic

    A wise man once said, "Quitting while you're at the top, isn't the same as quitting!" And I believe that.

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  • by Scooter on December 22nd, 2007

    Scooter

    I'm not sure who said it. But considering that what goes up, must come down. Quit while your ahead, makes sense.

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  • by Anonymous on January 31st, 2008

    Anonymous

    My mother.

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  • by Parsec13 on January 31st, 2008

    Parsec13

    Are you anti-quilting or something? Quilting leave too much space for you? ...huh...oh...never mind.

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  • by ScienceSwamy on January 31st, 2008

    ScienceSwamy

    If ‘quitters never win and winners never quit’, who said “Quit while you’re ahead”?
    The quitting in the second saying comes AFTER winning, or having got ‘ahead’.

    There is also a saying that “never say never”, as “nothing is absolute”!

    All winners HAVE to ‘QUIT’ sometime, to ‘STAY a winner’!

    Specifically, the emphasis in “Quitting while you are ahead” is on ‘ahead’ and not on ‘quitting’. Seen in that light, there is an acknowledgement of positive achievement in whatever the person is ‘ahead’ in. It could be a big gamble in Las Vegas, even!

    The best example of course would be the decision of selling a stock while the price is still rising or surging ‘ahead’!
    Who doesn’t wish they had sold ALL their stocks on 10 January 2008?
    THAT is “quitting while you are ahead”, ---and STAYING a winner.

    Sir Edmund Hillary [who died in January 2008] scaled the tallest peak of the world on 29 may 1953, with his pal Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, the only 2 people left fit to climb by then.
    They stopped climbing after reaching the top. They turned back, downhill all the way!

    Did they quit?

    One of the best example is the announcement of ‘quitting’ international cricket* by Australian wicketkeeper* (a type of cricketer), Adam Gilchrist, when he was at the pinnacle of his just 10-year long career, having broken every record there was to break. [‘cricket’ an imperial game played in about 50 countries of the world, worth megabucks in Indian subcontinent].

    The point is, if you break your ‘war’ into small battles [some people see ‘life’ like that!], the ability to decide when to stop, draw a line, –or ‘quit’-- pursuing some particular objective, after the net balance is a positive achievement; distinguishes a real winner from ordinary ones.

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  • by SABOTEUR on January 14th, 2008

    SABOTEUR

    Some tool who lost a bundle at a Vegas casino.

    He also coined the phrase, "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas."

    Namely...his MONEY.

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  • by Twhupfold on January 14th, 2008

    Twhupfold

    In this case 'winners never quit' deals with a paste tense, 'quite while you're ahead' deals with the present:

    "Quit while you're ahead" deals with situations where you can loose things that you've previously won, it doesn't apply to a 100m sprint for example, because once you've won, it's over and that's that.

    Gambling is the main example (and I think origin) of that phrase: If you win, you've just earned some money. If you continue to play you can loose it all again - so quit while you're ahead ; )

    Basically: Quit after you've won or you could end up loosing instead.

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  • by Kyogre-Stataen on December 22nd, 2007

    Kyogre-Stataen

    Whoever has said the quote, the person who said it was unknown to this website.

    http://www.wiseoldsayings.com/wosdirectoryq.htm

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  • by sm00z on December 22nd, 2007

    sm00z

    I believe Maverick used to say that at the poker table when he was cleaning everybody out.

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  • by Vampyre Bat on December 22nd, 2007

    Vampyre Bat

    The guy who finished in the middle?

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  • by Shayneepoo on December 22nd, 2007

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    a loser

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  • by killdrphil - reasonable for a madman on January 14th, 2008

    killdrphil - reasonable for a madman

    All of those quotes aren't for the same circumstances. For instance, if you were to win a lot of money at the racetrack or something, it would just be wise to quit while you are ahead.

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  • by socrateswasfat on January 14th, 2008

    socrateswasfat

    to quit while losing is to lose while quitting. If you quit while winning, you win while quitting. its a beautiful circle, unless your in rehab...

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  • by lazaruslong138 on January 14th, 2008

    lazaruslong138

    quit while your ahead applies to gambling-in the long run the odds are against you--take a couple of points anyhow--smile and enjoy the day

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  • by Phil in the Blank...backandtotheleft on January 14th, 2008

    Phil in the Blank...backandtotheleft

    Don't know, but very good advise.

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  • by Miss Anubis loves this season on January 14th, 2008

    Miss Anubis loves this season

    A loosing fool, of course

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