on coaching

“The final goal of a coach is to make every athlete able to train almost alone. Without a coach. A coach becomes good when he is able to build an athlete that in the future doesn’t need him. He is like a father with the son. O.K. he has to teach, no?, to the son, how it’s possible for the son to continue alone. This is life. So we try to build independence of our athletes, giving all the instruments so that they can continue alone.”

- master-coach Renato Canova (courtesy of RunningStats.com)