Rahul Dravid has a second to none love for the game of cricket. In his recent interview to media, he said that coaching gives him more satisfaction than commentary.

He quoted while talking to The Field “After I was done playing, I did some commentary, corporate speeches. But the thing I enjoyed the most was coaching. Commentary was nice and great, but you just don’t get a fulfillment at the end of the day. Being involved with young people, their lives gave me the most satisfaction. So, purely for selfish reasons I am doing something that gives me satisfaction. I enjoy doing it. Also, I figured out that I can do it at this stage, because it will get tougher as you grow older – coaching has also become physically demanding.”

He also mentioned that failure is important for any player as it taught him several aspects of this game. “When we fail, we often tend to brush things under the carpet. We blame someone, we always tend to find an excuse,” he said.

“When you do things like that, you lose an opportunity to fail well. When you fail, you have an opportunity to understand yourself. Failure teaches you to deal with tough situations. The more you put yourself on the line, you will learn to get better.”

Former Indian captain also described qualities of a good coach and he feels that a coach must have a will to learn. “I don’t think a good coach should expect the people who he’s working with to listen to everything he says. A good coach will like someone who’s willing to learn. He might be the quietest in the team, he might not take everything you say, but will be open to learning. That’s what coaches look for,” the Wall concluded.