Bernard Parker

thumb|Parker Bernard Parker (born 16 March 1986) is a South African soccer manager and former player who manages the TS Galaxy reserves. He played as a midfielder or forward. Between 2007 and 2015 he made 73 appearances for the South Africa national team scoring 23 goals. Quotes it was tough, but I had a lot of hunger and passion. I used to take four taxis to get to training What’s important is to work hard and stay humble and enjoy your job You get to go to different teams, in different places where there are different cultures, so it’s all about learning and how you adapt to a situation And if we had to train twice that day, I had to find a tree to sleep under it for the afternoon. It’s been quite challenging. But what keeps me going is that I keep learning I saw my mother struggle and I thought, if I can become a professional player I can ease her hardship. People look up to me now and I feel what I have done throughout my career is not enough for me. I want to be remembered. I have some good memories. We are looking forward to retaining our league title It’s just arrogant, but we have learnt from that and I don’t think we will make those mistakes again We learnt about being mentally strong in the competition and we believe we can play again next season Big interview: Bernard Parker, August 2014,IOL by Tshepang Mailwane But as we say in football we don’t have answers but solutions and we came up with a solution in terms of us being disciplined, taking the responsibility and at the same time having the unity especially in our defending and just hit them on the counter-attack because we have been practising on how they keep a high-line and for us just to make sure we attack the space behind with the young man Mahlambi Bernard Parker thrilled with TS Galaxy's relegation saving win over PSL title chasing Mamelodi Sundowns - 'We don’t have answers but solutions',13 May 2026, GOAL by Steve Blues The players who've gone to better teams is a great motivation for the rest of the guys to work hard. There are lots of factors that we looked at and agreed on and so far, we are on the right path. What impresses me the most is our workmanship. Our hard work has impressed me because we've kept it consistent so far They performed well and what impressed me the most was their off-the- ball performance. They died for one another in terms of fighting. They kept a compact defence and solid tactical approach. They impressed me a lot in the way they performed. What we could have done better is realising our strength, which is speed. We could have done more in terms of speed because most countries didn't have faster centre-backs You can see from outside that this team is solid. You can see that they have the brotherhood. You can see all the family values, and that really helped Bafana Bafana to get the best out of themselves The mental toughness has always been there, and that is why I also decided to write my book and start my foundation and do a lot more in terms of sharing my knowledge and experience to aspiring youngsters out there I need to maximise my knowledge in terms of how to get top performance and seeing the game from a different perspective. I need to get more knowledge about sports and the game of football. I will decide once I hang up in terms of what I want to venture into because I believe that I have an all-round understanding of sports. we came into an agreement that becoming the all-time top goal scorer at Chiefs was great. And what I've also achieved at Bafana Bafana, being the third-highest top goalscorer and the remarkable illustrious career I'm having, that is something that needed to be documented to inspire the next up-and-coming footballers. It took us a year and a couple of months to get the whole book done. Having a professional career is not easy and anyone who is at the latter stage of their respective careers will tell you that it hasn't been an easy one. There is no footballer around the world that has had an easy career, but it's beautiful to share those memories – the rollercoaster, the highs, the lows, the battlefields that needed to be fought on the field. It's great to share those memories and tell those stories Parker: Nothing Will Ever Match That,Nov 27,2024, Soccer Laduma by Bernard Parker External links Category:Soccer players from South Africa Category:Living people Category:1986 births Category:Redirects from merges