Courage

The New York Times has a piss-ant competition for its readers to define "Courage".  I'm almost afraid to admit this, but I submitted the following:

"Courage is being afraid of looking like a pussy."

I thought about changing it to, "Courage is when you're afraid of looking like a coward", because I was concerned they'd reject the submission for being vulgar.  But then I got worried that the softer wording would make me look like a bitch.