The Year in Quitting
The Washington Post
1/1/2026
All these years later, the Old Coach’s maxim still rings in the ear: “Winners never quit; quitters never win.” The second half holds up, but the first clause is plainly incorrect. Everyone quits eventually. It may be involuntary. It may be in defeat or, worse yet, disgrace. But, as I’ve reminded myself and colleagues many times, “Everything ends sometime. The question is, how do you want it to end?”
Text: Mitch Daniels.
AD: Danielle Kunitz.
