Do Nobel Laureates Quit?

When I first read this story after the Nobel prize ceremony, I was moved.

Daniel Shechtman had to fight against other scientists for almost 20 years, before everyone accepted that quasicrystals actually exist. For those that had not seen them, quasicrystals were breaking the laws. So most scientists didn't believe him. They ridiculed him, they treated him badly and said that he was talking nonsense.

The good thing is that Daniel Shechtman didn't quit. He went on to publish his findings, create havoc and 19 years later get the Nobel prize for chemistry. Had he heard what everyone was telling him, he could have quit and continued with his research.

Sometimes we need to listen to ourselves and fight for what we believe in.