Major David Bright Quotes
1956–2021
David Bright (13 June 1956 – 25 January 2021) was a Motswana football coach.
Random Major David Bright quote
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But I had my resignation letter ready, instead of having the hearing I presented my resignation letter.
Never! I can’t be reduced to that, I’m a coach and my dream is to coach in South Africa someday.
It started to sink in, that I’m working with colours. I had never worked with them before. It was a different ball game altogether.
We lost the grip and I was wasted in my house having some wine.
I was happy with the performance of the team overall. We tried different combinations and approaches. The team is coming along okay but we need to work on the fitness of the players because I don’t think they’re at the level I want them to be.
If you can give me P10, 000 I will stay and coach.
When we came in, we found out that most of the players who were in the squad were development players and we cannot develop at the senior national team level.
The man gave me R10, 000 immediately as pocket money. I was flattered and left for PE.
I have never seen a ground so small, rocky and with red soil like that. Thidiela, played his tricks on us and I didn’t know how PSL approved such a ground. I had no choice but to play.
We are playing South Africa and they are our enemy! We need to mobilise people to come and support the Zebras in Francistown [for tomorrow’s match].
From there we went 10 games unbeaten”, bragged Bright. We were on the verge of winning the league but our squad was thin. Erwin Isaacs had health issues.
Coincidentally, at the beginning of 2008/09, we played against Bay United and walloped them. That very same season, Bay United relegated to First Division.
Thidiela came down and called my name, I refused to go, but asked Joel Masutha to go and talk to the old man in their language because I won’t do what he said.
There was no direction. The coach would come with no training plan and I didn’t subscribe to that. I quit the job after two months.