Kaizer Chiefs forward Bernard Parker insists he is not thinking about hanging up his boots because he is still feeling good, adding that his game is more about mental fortitude and calculating the right moves.

Parker is one of the longest-serving campaigners in the Premier Soccer League (PSL), having joined the Glamour Boys back in 2011.

Speaking to City Press, the striker revealed that the club was interested before he left to play for Red Star Belgrade in Serbia.

‘Chiefs approached me before I left [for Serbia]. I even came for a tour of Chiefs’ village [in Naturena], but I kept my promise that I’d come back,’ Parker told the City Press print edition.

‘I haven’t even thought about retirement because I’m still going strong. My game’s more about mental fortitude and calculating the right moves.

‘I’m not a special player, but I was taught three things at the School of Excellence: work on what I lack, work on my weaknesses and polish my positives,’ added the former Red Star Belgrade player.

‘If I can go back and play as an outright striker, I’ll definitely be on the scoresheet.’

Having grown up in a small township on the East Rand [Ekurhuleni], the 34-year-old hitman credits his former school teacher, Denzel Bezuidenhout, for laying his career foundation.

‘It was difficult growing up in Reiger Park because it’s an environment of crime, gangsterism, and drugs,’ he continued.

‘I grew up in a shack with my mum and my brother. Had I not gone to the School of Excellence, I might be easily have succumbed to bad influences.

‘I learned to see life in a different way at the school because it moulded us into better footballers and people.’