"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."
— Elon Musk
When Something Is Important Enough You
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
About this quote
Said during a 60 Minutes interview with Scott Pelley broadcast in March 2014, in the context of SpaceX's early years when three consecutive Falcon 1 rocket failures nearly bankrupted the company. Musk had invested his entire PayPal proceeds — roughly $100 million — into SpaceX and Tesla simultaneously, and both were close to failure in 2008. He used this formulation to explain why he pressed on despite the odds.
Source
Interview with CBS 60 Minutes, March 2014
