Elon Musk: Quitting Isn’t in My Nature—If It’s Important, We Get It Done or Die Trying

Elon Musk: Quitting is not in my nature. If something's important, we should keep doing it or die trying.

Lex:

“Where do you go to both personally, intellectually, as an engineer, as a team, for a source of strength needed to persevere?”

Elon:

“A source of strength? That's really not how I think about things.

For me, it's simply, this is something that is important to get done, and we should just keep doing it or die trying. I don't need a source of strength.

Quitting is not in my nature. I don't care about optimism or pessimism. Fuck that. We're going to get it done.”

Lex Fridman Podcast, December 28, 2021