He'll get beat bad and go out with critics howling he hung on too long or win a belt and quit as an I-told-you-so champion.

WSJ: At 48, Hopkins still chasing championship history

Because if you get to, oh, I don't know, the middle of Isaiah and you quit, you don't have anything.

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Due out in October, the tracks have names like "I Was gonna Marry You" and "Quit You".

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But you notice I wasn't kidding -- I don't quit.

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You might remember that I said on Thursday that influential investors were saying he would probably have to quit, in the light of Barclays' admission that it tried to rig important interest rates.

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"The one way you can't win a race is to quit it, and until somebody beats me, I'm going to answer the bell for every round of this fight, " he said.

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If you can't afford a full-time person in a dedicated business development accountability, however, don't despair (and certainly, don't give up and quit): I've seen desk clerks who had a gift for it: look for that gift when you interview and hire.

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