"I find young kids. I enjoy coaching and enjoy making them better players"
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There is something almost disarmingly plain about Graham Roberts saying, "I find young kids. I enjoy coaching and enjoy making them better players". The sentence trips over itself a little, like someone speaking off the cuff rather than auditioning for a soundbite. That lack of polish is the point: it reads as a declaration of purpose that doesn’t need rhetorical fireworks to feel credible.
The intent is straightforward - mentorship, craft, improvement - but the subtext is about identity and authority. For an actor, coaching isn’t just a hobby; it’s a way of staying central to a world that constantly rotates to the next face. "I find" carries a hint of scouting, even possession: talent isn’t merely encountered, it’s located and claimed. It frames youth as raw material and the speaker as the person who can shape it. That’s not sinister; it’s how apprenticeship cultures talk when they’re being honest about hierarchy.
The repetition of "enjoy" matters, too. It softens the power dynamic by emphasizing pleasure rather than control. Roberts isn’t selling discipline or ego; he’s selling the feeling of impact - the uniquely satisfying payoff of watching someone else level up because you invested attention. In a celebrity landscape obsessed with self-expression, the line quietly argues for a different kind of legacy: not being seen, but making others sharper.
The intent is straightforward - mentorship, craft, improvement - but the subtext is about identity and authority. For an actor, coaching isn’t just a hobby; it’s a way of staying central to a world that constantly rotates to the next face. "I find" carries a hint of scouting, even possession: talent isn’t merely encountered, it’s located and claimed. It frames youth as raw material and the speaker as the person who can shape it. That’s not sinister; it’s how apprenticeship cultures talk when they’re being honest about hierarchy.
The repetition of "enjoy" matters, too. It softens the power dynamic by emphasizing pleasure rather than control. Roberts isn’t selling discipline or ego; he’s selling the feeling of impact - the uniquely satisfying payoff of watching someone else level up because you invested attention. In a celebrity landscape obsessed with self-expression, the line quietly argues for a different kind of legacy: not being seen, but making others sharper.
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| Topic | Coaching |
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