If you wait until you're really sure, you'll never take off the training wheels.
The longer the test the better you feel when it's over.
Don't say "The last one there is a rotten egg": unless you're absolutely sure there's a slow kid behind you.
Crawling still gets you there.
It feels a lot colder when you're shoveling snow than when you're building a snow fort.
Hitting the kid with the ball might get you the ball, but it won't get you anyone to throw it to.