Michael Schumacher (Image credit: F1) Two competitors can find themselves in a position with almost no realistic chance of success and respond to it in completely different ways. One does the rational-seeming thing and starts conserving effort, treating a nearly hopeless situation as effectively already decided. The other keeps pushing at full intensity regardless of the odds, refusing to let a small probability of success collapse into a decision to stop trying at all. Michael Schumacher, the Formula One driver who won a then-record seven World Championships across his career, built much of his reputation on the second instinct, both on the track and, though he could not have known it when he first said these words, in circumstances far more serious than any race. The distinction he draws is precise: not blind optimism about the odds, but a refusal to let the size of the odds decide whether the effort continues.Quote of the day by Michael Schumacher"I've always believed that you should never, ever give up and you should always keep fighting even when there's only a slightest chance."Written by a driver famous for fighting past the point others would quitWhat gives this line extra ...








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