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Punch Masenamela Quotes

born 1986 South Africa

Punch Jan Masenamela (born 17 October 1986) is a South African footballer who currently plays for Mamelodi Sundowns and South Africa as a defender.

South Africa
Soccer players

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It was a big sacrifice because I thought I was going to quit football.

Young players growing in Gauteng have more opportunities as compared to the ones back into my province.

It would be nice if someone can open an Academy there to nurture the youngsters.

I will continue double my efforts to ensure I can keep on playing regularly

What is important is to be to be respectful back to them back.

I always make sure that I train hard and please the coach at training.

This is something we have taken very seriously as we aim to do much better than we did last season.

I also visit my parents a lot in Kempton Park a lot

Life in here can be very fast and demanding. I spend most of my time indoors.

The coach always says that we need to push hard at training even if you feel you are about to die because this makes it easy during the game.

Growing up I'd always wanted to sign for DownsAt“

There is a lot of talent back home and that there is no team participating in the PSL is depriving most of the youngsters an opportunity to play at the highest level.

I cannot think of any player in the league who is the toughest. As for the nickname, I have been called ‘Punch’ since my childhood.

At times I have been overwhelmed by the fact that I am playing for Chiefs, because I worked so hard to get here and because it is every player's dream to play for Chiefs.

You have to grow in life. I got an offer from Downs and at that time I'd had three seasons with Chiefs.

I think people thought ‘Punch’ was a nickname. Punch is my name and I am happy to be called Punch

I was going through a lot at that time. I had to decide and make sacrifices.

I like to hang out with my best friend, Lebo Molekwa and teammate George Lebese.

I mean everywhere you go, everyone recognizes you. They treat you with respect.

In Gauteng for instance there are no less than six teams playing in the PSL while back home there is not a single team as this point in time

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