Ejem! I guess... erm... just a tiny supposision, that I can interpret what that well intended guy tries to suggest you @galenkp. ;)

I am willing to bet, that what he is trying to tell you is something around the lines of:

"If you are in a camp with a group of campers and suddenly a bear attacks, you don't need to be faster than the bear, you only have to be faster than the slowest of the campers." LoL