Mamelodi Sundowns striker Peter Shalulile has been described as way too honest a human being to ever cheat the game.
Shalulile is proving that there are benefits in putting in the work having now been on double figures for four seasons in a row and is now leaning towards becoming the first ever footballer to reach 100 goals in less than 200 appearances for a South African top tier league club.
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"Here in Namibia, you will hear that Peter used to play for three teams in one day when he was still in the youth ranks which gave the earliest signal to the kind of love for the game that he had," Collin Benjamin, the Namibia national team coach tells KickOff from Windhoek.
"All of that is paying off now because he has continued with the same mindset of never wanting to cheat the game.
"He is way too honest to cheat the game.
"I mean, he is now a matured man playing for a good team with top-quality teammates and good technical staff all of whom I was impressed with when I went to Mamelodi Sundowns.
"Having met the Sundowns technical team, it is not a surprise that they are achieving what they are doing now.
"I saw the work culture there which struck me compared to Peter's.
"Peter is a beast. He is an animal.
"I have never seen somebody not stopping to run like he does.
"He has now been coached so well at such a high level that it is basically a matter of time before he scores in a game.
"It is no longer a matter of if but rather when because the plus is that he has good players around him.
"That Sundowns team is African excellency.
"Then with his work culture it all comes together.
"This guy (Shalulile) is crazy and doesn't drink anything other than water and these sports drinks.
"He lives for soccer, so it is destined to happen good for him and I think for us as Namibians we are proud that he is putting us on the map.
"Let's be honest, there are people in South Africa who still see us as being South-West Africa so you can imagine the pride that we have in what Peter is doing for us.
"He is Namibian.
"The other day with the national team he was carrying bags from the plane to the bus on our way to the hotel, yet he is this big guy.
"For most, this is the kind of humility that we don't know but this is the kind of person that Peter is.
"It shows he came from a good home and has put in the hard work to it along with being embraced by people's prayers that he is achieving all that he is doing now.
"In the working environment, the guy that is teachable is the who progresses because he is open to insights and asks those that have been in the trade longer.
"It is the same with football.
"The moment when a player thinks he is better than everybody, knows it all, and is untouchable that is the start of the end.
"With Peter, he remains coachable up to now for all he has achieved because he sees himself as being as equal as everybody and is learning like all others.
"This is why he is where he is now.
"If he wasn't like that, he would have been top scorer in one season and then like he has done it all so there is no need for more.
"But he still puts in more hours into his trade and that is why he is now close to 100 goals in South Africa.
"There is no doubt that he will break into the 100 goals class.
"With all due respect this is a Namibian guy and not South African or Zambian guy.
"It is a Namibian guy doing the job and with that it shows that if you stay coachable and teachable then you will grow.
"This is what our grandmothers told us," says Benjamin.
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