‘I felt like giving up’
KICK OFF: From the Kermit Erasmus that we saw making his PSL debut as a 17-year-old back in December 2007 at SuperSport United, how do you feel about the way your career has panned out since then?
Kermit Erasmus: [Laughing] The football is just what I do [as a job]. But there is more to me than just football. I don’t look at it as something special. Yes, I thought about it the other day that I am one of the players that have enjoyed the privilege of making football my career, so I am grateful. Besides that, I am just this ordinary guy who is doing what he likes doing and has made a career out of it. I come out of a humble family where I was always taught to appreciate what I have achieved and never forget where I come from. Those values have stuck with me all my life. I have taken the positives out of everything that has happened in my career and try to make the most out of it because life is a journey, and I am still learning.
“IN FRANCE IT WAS CHALLENGING TO TRAIN EVERY DAY, ONLY TO THEN NOT SEE MY NAME ON THE MATCH DAY SQUAD.”
You are now playing football as a father to kids instead of
