It's an objectively silly quote, but it's primarily (I would guess) used to motivate kids. For its purpose it's probably pretty good. Used as some kind of wisdom it's laughable.
"Winners never quit and quitters never win"
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To assert that a person who doesn't care who wins somehow forfeits his right to be termed a chess player is counterintuitive and counter-intelligent. No one plays to lose but the majority of top rated players irrespective of endeavor all play to become better. I think a more salient statement might be along the lines of a chess player plays to win but doesn't care if he's bested by another chap. Becoming corybantic over a loss and stomping off like a loose cannon exposes the loser's character and does less in calmly analysing how he/she lost. It's possible to care to the point of one's own emotional unglued demise.
Nothing laughable about it merely because you discern it to be rather puerile and pedestrian.
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#25
I think it has to do with Respect. I think it has to do with beating the shizz out of Spock! 
Dec 29, 2015
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#26
bgjettguitar wrote:
Nothing laughable about it merely because you discern it to be rather puerile and pedestrian.
As I said, they're not completely bad, they have their purpose.
Dec 29, 2015
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#27
I like thegreat_patzer's comment.Yes now I think it is useful in some cases and sometimes not.
Dec 29, 2015
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#28
I quit while im ahead, about before I drop down. Its the only way to win.
Dec 29, 2015
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#29
I am someone who plays on if there is any chance of saving the game. There does come a point when, in my opinion, it makes no sense to continue. Where that point is depends upon many things. If you have given away a rook to a GM I think it is time to throw the towel in. But if you lose the exchange against some rated a few hundred points below you, then why not continue? You may get back in the game. Of course, it all depends on the position too.
I do understand that some people get frustrated when people play on in hopeless positions - though often the people getting frustrated are quite weak players where there ego is punctured by their opponent playing on ('it is an insult that they think I could lose from here!!"). Secretly, they think they may blow it!!
But certainly people do play on sometimes way beyond the point where it is sensible. But I find just as many people resign in positions where there is plenty of play left. At the end of the day, live and let live - let people do what they want within the rules of the game.
i don't believe it i know it from my experience although I am on loser side lol
Dec 29, 2015
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#32
I almost said this phrase to some children at chess camp this afternoon, but then remembered that I'm not Vince Lombardi and they are not football players.
quitters never get CTE
http://www.positivityblog.com/index.php/2009/02/17/why-knowing-when-to-quit-can-lead-you-to-success/ Why knowing when to quit can lead to success
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"If you learn from losing it isn't a loss." -BG Jett