Simply put, good coaches make sure you know how to use both hands, how to make proper reads, how to understand the game. Good coaches tell you where the fish are, great coaches teach you how to find them. That’s the same at every level.

Coaches are teachers. Some coaches — lesser coaches — try telling you things. Good coaches, however, teach you how to think and arm you with the fundamental tools necessary to execute properly. Simply put, good coaches make sure you know how to use both hands, how to make proper reads, how to understand the game. Good coaches tell you where the fish are, great coaches teach you how to find them. That’s the same at every level.

Good coaches, however, teach you how to think and arm you with the fundamental tools necessary to execute properly.

A good coach does not worry about letting you grow up right in front of them. Because a good coach knows you will. That's what a coach does; They get you ready and then they let you go.

A good coach can change a game. A great coach can change a life.

Sometimes coaches can teach you new information, new strategies and skills;

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.

A wise coach keeps an open mind and does not make assumptions about people. — Jack Canfield and Peter Chee

A boss might give instructions and bark orders, a consultant would analyze data and give advice, but a coach would use curiosity to ask, listen and draw out the best from people.

A coach sees your potential and helps you become a better version of yourself.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

Like a good gardener who knows when the soil needs alkali and when acid, the competent tennis pro should be able to help the development of your game.

That's like climbing a tree to find a fish.

The beautiful thing is that when you catch one fish that you love, even if it’s a little fish — a fragment of an idea — that fish will draw in other fish, and they’ll hook onto it. Then you’re on your way. Soon there are more and more and more fragments, and the whole thing emerges. But it starts with desire.