The value of quitting while you’re ahead
Why do they do it? Mr. Borg and Ms. Barty have given similar reasons. At first, Mr. Borg said he had enjoyed playing and achieving the goals he set for himself. By the time he retired, however, the fun had gone out of playing tennis at that level. “Basically, over the years, I was practicing, playing my matches, eating, and sleeping,”Ms. Barty announced her retirement in a video conversation with her friend and former doubles partner, Casey Dellacqua.
Getting to the highest level of a worthwhile activity is an exciting challenge, and overcoming challenges can be enjoyable – but staying at the top as long as one can is a different matter. As Mr. Borg said, there are other things in life than tennis, and that is true of life in politics as well. Almost everyone who retires says that they want to spend more time with their family. Sometimes, of course, that is just a cover for less honourable reasons for quitting; but in the case of Ms. Ardern and Ms. Barty, it was probably an important factor. Ms. Ardern was just the second prime minister – after Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto – to give birth while in office.
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