"You have three choices: Give up, give in, or give it all you’ve got” has been printed on many posters. “You have 3 choices in anything, give in, give up or give it all you’ve got...pick one!” was cited on Twitter on October 7, 2008.
Authorship of the saying is unknown. This gym poster is possibly one of the first uses of the saying.
Twitter
wonderwoman2
@wonderwoman2
You have 3 choices in anything, give in, give up or give it all you’ve got...pick one!
12:27 PM - 7 Oct 2008
Twitter
Pilar Maesner
@PilarAsh
You’ve Got 3 Choices In Life: Give Up. Give In. Or, Give It All You’ve Got. Never Second Guess. Dont Look Back & no regrets!
1:17 AM - 9 Feb 2009
NikeTalk
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES TO KEEP YOU GOING. - PAGE 21
ballislife32688
3/9/10 at 5:01am
You’ve only got three choices in life — give up, give in, or give it all you’ve got
Yuku—Sneaker Talk
Motivational quotes to keep you going.
ballislife32688.niket
Mar 9 10 1:01 PM
You’ve only got three choices in life — give up, give in, or give it all you’ve got
Bahamas Press
Kattisa Moton says:
August 26, 2010 at 7:47 pm
YOU ONLY HAVE THREE CHOICES IN LIFE: GIVE UP, GIVE IN, OR GIVE IT ALL YOU’VE GOT! KEEP ON, KEEPING ON SISTA, YOU’LL BE ALRIGHT!
Love Clinic
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
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You’ve only got three choices in life — give up, give in, or give it all you’ve got.
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Is there a famous quote which “keeps you going”? Do share!
gabiblackburn | Student, Grade 10 | eNotes Newbie
Posted January 8, 2011 at 4:30 PM (Answer #81)
give up, give in, or give it all you’ve got (:
The Huffington Post
Lynda Fishman (Clinical Social Worker, Author, Inspirational Speaker)
Give Up - Give In - Give It All You’ve Got . . . You Choose
Posted: 09/28/2013 11:20 am EDT Updated: 11/27/2013 5:12 am EST
Google Books
A White Christmas In Webster County
By Laura Hilton
New Kensington, PA: Whitaker House
2014
Pg. ?:
“We’ve got three choices: Give up, give in, or give it all we’ve got. I choose the last one.”
Twitter
Reuben Singh
@ReubenSingh
“You’ve only got 3 choices in business. Give up, Give in, or Give it all you’ve got” #wisewords I was once told. #quotes #advice
5:56 PM - 1 Apr 2015
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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