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I think we learn more in failure than in success.

— Siphiwe Tshabalala

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Started planning for life after football immediately when I turned professional. I didn't wait until I played for Chiefs to start thinking, investing, investing, investing.

Therefore, that makes you a special person and a special person must also behave like a special person.

We still have a challenge with development in our country, the facilities in rural areas or in townships are in dire state.

That goal was special at the time, it’s special today and, for me and a lot of other people, it will be special forever

I was nowhere as a footballer. But I remember telling my friend, ‘I’ll be there in 2010, playing for Bafana Bafana’. It shows the power of positive thinking

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