It is better to act too quickly than it is to wait too long.
The team with the best players wins.
In any bad situation you can not let yourself be a victim.
Leaders relentlessly upgrade their team, using every encounter as an opportunity to evaluate, coach, and build self-confidence.
Don't take a job because your mother wants you to. Don't be a victim. You own your decision.
One of the jobs of a manager is to instill confidence, pump confidence into your people. And when you've got somebody who's raring to go and you can smell it and feel it, give 'em that shot.