Education Quote by Lynn Davies

The line has the plainspoken, process-first clarity you hear from athletes who’ve spent years translating instinct into repeatable habit. Davies frames improvement as a transfer of authority: at the start, someone else "knows more about it than you do". That’s the coach, the veteran teammate, the system. The power dynamic is acknowledged without drama, which is exactly the point. In elite sport, ego is expensive. Progress begins with accepting asymmetry.

What makes the quote work is its quiet shift from dependence to ownership. "Eventually you learn a lot about it yourself" isn’t a motivational poster; it’s an argument for apprenticeship. The verb choices matter: you don’t just absorb knowledge, you "practise" - the unglamorous, repetitive labor where talent gets turned into reliability. "Skills and techniques" suggests craft over charisma, a reminder that performance isn’t just desire or belief, it’s mechanics.

The subtext is also about trust and continuity. Being "taught" implies a lineage: someone invested time in you, and your job is to honor that investment through disciplined repetition until the knowledge is no longer borrowed. There’s a wider cultural resonance here, too, in an era that loves shortcuts and self-branding. Davies offers a counter-story: competence is communal before it’s personal, and mastery is less a breakthrough than a gradual handover from the teacher’s voice to your own.