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Gert Schalkwyk Quotes

b. 1982 South Africa

Gert Schalkwyk (born 9 April 1982 in Klerksdorp, North West) is a South African footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bostancı Bağcıl in the Northern Cyprus Birinci Lig.

South Africa
Soccer players

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The important thing is not to get over confident - we need to take it game by game and not underestimate our opponents or for that matter be overawed by anyone.

The most important thing for any player is to be made to feel part of a team.

I showed firstly myself what I can do and then demonstrated my commitment to the coach.

He also said that if I want to be the best - I must act like I am the best.

It made me understand that I needed to be stepped up my input.

The bigger picture was to establish myself as a starter in the first eleven.

For a while not being in the squad made me feel alienated and lonely.

Investing wasn't something I paid much attention to. I've always been someone to live in the moment.

He told me an important thing - if Chiefs did not think I could help them then Chiefs would not have bought me in the first place.

I knew I needed to make an impact and obviously scoring has helped me keep my head up and has shown that I belong at Chiefs, and that I can make an impact here.

We had a short exchange of words. Although our meeting was brief - the words he said made a lasting impression on me.

Look, when I started with Chiefs, my entire focus was on renovating my mother's house, so everything I got, I sent it home

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gert Schalkwyk (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.