I completely agree with CommuteCommando, You have to consider "Never Give Up" in the context of the situation. For example, of the 64 California Double Centuries I've started, I've DNF'd (Did Not Finish) on four. Did I give up? Yes.

In two cases (Death Valley and Mulholland) it was severe dehydration . . . the organizers simply didn't have enough liquids available for the riders (and in their defense, the weather was way hotter than predicted). Two other cases (Camino Real and Spring Solvang) I DNF'd due to severe back pain caused by a pinched nerve. Besides the horrible pain, I literally could not keep the bike on the road. So in the context of those four bike rides . . . I did give up.

Did I give up riding doubles? Of course not. So in the larger context I did not give up. I still enter doubles; rode five this year and will try to ride five or more again next year. But . . . "there is no one size fits all" in the context that CommuteCommando detailed, or in my example (and you know, there may be more!).

Yes, you can say things like "Never Give Up" but sorry, life is often a bit more complicated than that!

Rick / OCRR