It's too dangerous. I don't want to risk anybody else's life.

I don't really want to kill nobody. If I would have hit him, I would have called an ambulance.

He was pretty frantic, screaming he's going to kill us. I would guess he told us he was going to kill us at least 20 times.

Even when there is only a 1% chance for success, you have to put in 110% of the work to make that last 99% happen.

These and other potential health effects yield a classic risk-risk trade-off.

There is a short window at the beginning of one's professional life, when it is comparatively easy to take big risks. Make the most of that time, before circumstances make you risk averse.