Bottom line is, if you turn the ball over to a team that isn't as good, you then have brought them up to your level.
Mallory dropped her head to the steering wheel. "Look, I'm mad at you, okay? This isn't about me. I know my painful memories are relative. My life is good. I'm lucky. This isn't about how poor little Mallory has had it so hard. I'm not falling apart or anything. " He stroked a hand down her back. "Of course you're not. You're just holding the steering wheel up with your head for a minute, that's all.