This article by Bruce E. Brown of Proactive Coaching, from the Life Lessons collection, presents the Championship Standard of Risks under the title "Let it Fly." It explains that competitors are intelligent risk-takers who play to win rather than to avoid failing, describes how trust on a team creates the freedom to take risks and make mistakes, and closes with parting questions about risk-taking and fearlessness.
Introduction
"Let it Fly"
Center Piece of the Story: If you aren't willing to take risks you can't play.
"Never be afraid to fail. Experience is just mistakes you don't make any more." Joe Garagiola