The coach you’ll remember isn’t the one with the most wins. It’s the one who still asks how you’re doing ten years later.

Records fade and attention does not. A coach who kept in touch, who remembered which exam you were worried about, turns out to be the one who mattered, because what you took from them was never tactical. Winning a great deal is a fine thing and it is not what makes somebody memorable to the people they led. Continued interest is rarer than success and lasts longer.

Think of an adult who still checks in on you and reply properly next time rather than with one word. Then consider being that person later for somebody else.