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Precious Mthembu Quotes

born 1984 South Africa

Precious Mthembu (born 11 July 1984) is a former South Africa netball international and current netball coach. Mthembu made 97 senior appearances for South Africa.

South Africa
Sportspeople

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The players can be inspired by their coaches who have played at the highest level before.

The pride of seeing the team celebrate victories together is something I’ll never forget.

We are former players, we have played in the same together, and we have always had the same goal, so the connection is great.

If athletes do not have the support and their basic needs are not satisfied then they die out. Young athletes drop out of sport because of the lack of support from around their communities.

Netball has really changed my life drastically and I’m hoping that someone will follow in my footsteps. To take the journey that I’ve taken by using sports to change their lives.

Being the first coach to help take South Africa into the top four is a milestone, but it’s also just the beginning of where we want to go.

I think education is the key for all the young players. Going to school is important, especially being a female athlete in South Africa. The sports that we play is not professional, you need to have another source of income.

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