It came after Le Bris had been nominated for the Premier League Manager of the Season award and, while touched by the recognition, he claimed he didn't deserve to win it.
Le Bris suggested Mikel Arteta would be the worthy winner if Arsenal were to win the Premier League and Champions League, but even if the Gunners are crowned European champions this weekend, the Manager of the Season trophy should end up on Le Bris' mantelpiece.
Had Sunderland fans been told last summer they'd have finished 17th this season they'd have been celebrating, never mind seventh.
After Sunday's brilliant 2-1 win over Chelsea, Le Bris said he didn't know how he was planning to mark the occasion of qualifying for the Europa League. Whatever he decided, the celebrations won't have been excessive. It's not his style. But his style at Sunderland has been success.
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Promotion against the odds, which would also have been said about simply surviving in the Premier League. But to finish seventh and to qualify for the Europa League is undoubtedly one of the biggest success stories in the top flight's recent history when you consider promoted teams had fared in the campaigns prior to this one.
Sunderland only fell five points short this season of accumulating the combined points total of all three promoted teams - Southampton, Leicester and Ipswich - from the year earlier.
There are a few particularly notable examples of Le Bris' master management.
First of all, his ability to ensure the squad togetherness and unity which fuelled the promotion push last season was very much maintained despite the overhaul last summer. Pushing key figures to the fringes is risky but the Black Cats were brave with their transfer strategy. Bringing in quality is one thing but moulding everything together is another and that's where Le Bris deserves immense credit.
Then there's the management of players. Take Brian Brobbey as an example. The striker wasn't deemed fit enough to go in and make an immediate impact when he first arrived but Le Bris handled that situation as he always does - with patience and calm.
He batted away several questions about Brobbey early in the season, all no doubt in the knowledge - or certainly the strong belief - of what was to come. Ask any Premier League defender to name the strikers they'd rather not play against and Brobbey would be near the top of the list.
And then there's the manner in which Le Bris ensured Sunderland recovered from setbacks.
After reaching 40 points at Leeds back in March, the Black Cats' campaign could have quickly petered out following the humiliation at Port Vale and defeat at home to Brighton.
But that was followed by the win at Newcastle United that breathed new life into the season.
Again, though, after the hammering at home to Nottingham Forest, Sunderland's season looked about done, even if they were still only three points shy of sixth placed Brentford at the time.
But a fine display at home to Manchester United kept Sunderland ticking and Le Bris' game-changing contribution in the second half at Everton meant the Black Cats were armed with momentum ahead of the final day visit of Chelsea, who looked like a team that absolutely couldn't be chewed with the hassle of facing a fired of Sunderland.
Sunderland have been awkward opponents all season. Ask Arsenal and Manchester City, neither of whom will have enjoyed their trips to Wearside.
Only Arsenal and Manchester City conceded fewer goals at home than Sunderland this season, and while the form at the Stadium of Light clearly set the foundations, particularly in the first half of the season, the Black Cats have ticked over nicely on the road all season. They avoided defeat in 11 of their 19 away games.
And, another nod in recognition of how Le Bris has made sure defeats or disappointments were quickly dealt with and dismissed, it wasn't until February that the Black Cats suffered successive losses, remarkable for a newly promoted Premier League team.
Luke O'Nien recently described Enzo Le Fee as the "catalyst" for Sunderland, while the French playmaker said earlier this year that the signing of Granit Xhaka last summer "changed everything".
Both correct. But the true catalyst was Le Bris, who took charge of a side that had just finished 16th in the Championship, saw the best player depart in Jack Clarke and set about masterminding the most incredible rise. Le Bris changed everything.
He is elite. And no boss in the Premier League has done a better job this season than Sunderland's.