Jabu Mahlangu

“But I feel a second chance in my new role and the future is bright for me.”

“Football is something you get taught. I was born with that gift. And even if people say ‘eish, this guy wasted his chances’.”

“I can come up with the excuse today that nobody taught me anything … because nobody taught me anything”

“If this generation of players make the same mistakes that my generation did, they can only blame themselves because they have got the opportunity to get information.”

“We never asked them things like ‘how do you stay on top of your game’, ‘how do you handle your fitness’ how do you stay focused”

“But we never had opportunities to meet with them or to talk to them or ask them questions,”

“When I was young, we had players like Tebogo Moloi and Doctor Khumalo who were the senior players.”

“.It was the case with me also”

“These days there’s so much money in football, that players are also often exploited or led astray by so-called friends”

“You miss your family and the weather, but that is the sacrifice you have to make to be successful.”

“In this game you need to be strong and you need to have a character to be mentally and physically strong.”

“They didn’t know the challenges I was dealing with everyday outside football.”

“. They only know the Jabu Mahlangu, the Chiefs player on the field.”

“People didn’t know the environment I grew up in”

“At that time I was young and my addiction to alcohol was my downfall,”

“we also can't help wondering when we'll get there as a country if one team has all the superstars in their camp”

“imagine if all the superstars at Sundowns were playing week in and week out, it would strengthen our national team.”

“In Europe, these rules already exist and I feel like Sundowns are negatively impacting the balance of the league; yes, they have the financial muscle to do it, but it weakens the league because they buy all the superstars.”

“I think it's high time the PSL and Safa sit down and find a way to implement financial fair play rules in our local league, just like in Europe,”

“We now have a team and direction in our country,”