Trust me on this ...
When you're young, hustling, struggling, coming up, dreaming of making it big.., losers get A LOT of unecessary wasted airtime. They sound plausible, believable. They're just around a lot, because they just exist. Everywhere!
As you get older, wiser and wealthier, they run out of narratives. Their words become worthless. They are out of excuses.
One of the defining charctaristics of people that make it big, is recognizing a loser and knowing the right time to ditch a loser when they reveal themselves.