Vanli said he started training with the players because he was in contention to be the coach for Liberia and wanted experience training Africans, but working with them soon became a passion.
Vanli kaže da je počeo da trenira sa igračima jer je bio kandidat za mesto trenera Liberijske reprezentacije i želeo je da stekne iskustvo u treniranju Afrikanaca, ali je na kraju rad sa njima postao strast.