Even Champions Get Tired

July 12, 2025

Never Give Up

One day, during the second year of my PhD, I told my supervisor, “I think I want to quit.”

I thought I had hit a breaking point.
My tuition was unpaid.
My dad was also doing his PhD.
Mum wasn’t working.
My three sisters were in school.
No one in the family was earning; yet we were all chasing dreams.

My supervisor replied, “You don’t have to believe me, but I hope you do—if you don’t give up, one day you’ll remember today and be grateful you didn’t quit.”
That word changed me.

I stayed. I pushed. I graduated a year later.

Why am I sharing this?

I feel like telling you what my supervisor told me that day, and maybe it'll help you too:

If you’re overwhelmed, exhausted, and quitting feels easier—don’t.

Champions aren’t those who never felt like quitting—they’re those who didn’t.

I love the words of the Bible, “Let us not grow weary in doing good, for in due season, we shall reap—if we faint not.” (Galatians 6:9)

Keep pushing. In the words of my friend, Dr Niyi, "Keep swinging"

The future you will thank you.

I believe in you.

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