Pass the ball

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Play two-touch football. Make five-yard passes. But for god’s sake pass. Don’t try to be a hero. Heroes don’t wear capes. Unglamorous, unshowy and progressive: that’s heroic. The thirty-yard hail mary is desperate, or egotistical. But when it comes off — survivor bias is a bitch, dudes.

See also

• Heroes don’t wear capes.