If you ain't first, you're last.......
Absolutely, no honour in chickening out with the brass ring in your grasp.
I played slo-pitch with a former pro linebacker one weekend, and after he did a roll block slide into home, snapping the catcher's leg, he jumped up and exclaimed "Oh Baby, I play to win!!!!!!!!" to counter the bad feelings as the dumpy guy ( a cop) lay screaming in the dirt.
That scattergram & form chart was awesome !!! (Forza?)