1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,931 What an honor. 2 00:00:02,104 --> 00:00:06,302 I am so excited. Thank you for coming all this way to see me. 3 00:00:06,475 --> 00:00:09,000 Yes, Sir. Thank you for inviting me. Mr. President. 4 00:00:09,511 --> 00:00:12,173 Do, tell me, Francois, how is your ankle? 5 00:00:13,181 --> 00:00:18,118 - My ankle? - I was told it was hurt. Has it healed? 6 00:00:19,321 --> 00:00:23,951 The truth is, Sir, you never really play at 100 percent. No matter what. 7 00:00:24,126 --> 00:00:27,323 Yes. In sports as in life, eh? 8 00:00:27,496 --> 00:00:29,361 - Yes. Sir. - Please, sit. 9 00:00:30,299 --> 00:00:33,598 Take this one. Looking into the light hurts my eyes. 10 00:00:37,272 --> 00:00:42,232 Mrs. Brits, you are a shining light in my day. 11 00:00:42,411 --> 00:00:44,208 Yes, Sir. 12 00:00:44,379 --> 00:00:48,816 Mrs. Brits, this is Francois Pienaar, captain of the Springboks. 13 00:00:52,321 --> 00:00:53,811 Shall I pour, Sir? 14 00:00:53,989 --> 00:00:56,856 No, no. I would prefer to do it myself. 15 00:00:57,025 --> 00:00:59,858 Thank you very much, Mrs. Brits. 16 00:01:01,964 --> 00:01:04,432 How do you like your tea, Francois? 17 00:01:04,599 --> 00:01:06,727 Just milk, please. 18 00:01:08,270 --> 00:01:11,239 The English have given us many things... 19 00:01:11,406 --> 00:01:13,738 ...including rugby. 20 00:01:14,142 --> 00:01:20,081 But afternoon tea, that is the greatest. 21 00:01:20,248 --> 00:01:22,182 There we are. 22 00:01:22,718 --> 00:01:23,810 Thank you, Sir. 23 00:01:24,353 --> 00:01:27,481 You have a very difficult job. 24 00:01:27,856 --> 00:01:29,380 I do? 25 00:01:31,026 --> 00:01:32,516 I have a trading business. 26 00:01:32,694 --> 00:01:35,162 Captain of the Springboks. 27 00:01:35,897 --> 00:01:38,695 A very difficult job. 28 00:01:39,267 --> 00:01:41,167 Well, not compared to yours, Mr. President. 29 00:01:42,838 --> 00:01:48,276 Well, no one is trying to tear my head off while I'm doing mine. 30 00:01:48,443 --> 00:01:49,637 Yes, Sir. 31 00:01:49,811 --> 00:01:52,075 Tell me, Francois... 32 00:01:52,748 --> 00:01:55,774 ...what is your philosophy on leadership? 33 00:01:55,951 --> 00:01:59,785 How do you inspire your team to do their best? 34 00:02:01,089 --> 00:02:04,354 By example. I've always thought to lead by example, Sir. 35 00:02:04,526 --> 00:02:08,360 Well, that is right. That is exactly right. 36 00:02:08,530 --> 00:02:13,297 But how to get them to be better than they think they can be? 37 00:02:13,468 --> 00:02:15,561 That is very difficult, I find. 38 00:02:16,738 --> 00:02:19,332 Inspiration, perhaps. 39 00:02:19,541 --> 00:02:24,376 How do we inspire ourselves to greatness, when nothing less will do? 40 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:29,114 How do we inspire everyone around us? 41 00:02:29,951 --> 00:02:33,546 I sometimes think it is by using the work of others. 42 00:02:35,891 --> 00:02:38,086 On Robben Island... 43 00:02:38,660 --> 00:02:41,891 ...when things got very bad... 44 00:02:42,731 --> 00:02:44,995 ...I found inspiration in a poem. 45 00:02:45,734 --> 00:02:49,431 -A poem? -A Victorian poem. 46 00:02:50,505 --> 00:02:52,405 Just words. 47 00:02:53,008 --> 00:02:59,174 But they helped me to stand when all I wanted to do was to lie down. 48 00:03:01,483 --> 00:03:04,179 But you didn't come all this way to hear an old man talk... 49 00:03:04,352 --> 00:03:05,979 ...about things that make no sense. 50 00:03:06,154 --> 00:03:09,123 No, no, please, Mr. President. It makes complete sense to me. 51 00:03:10,592 --> 00:03:14,494 On the day of a big match, say, a test... 52 00:03:14,663 --> 00:03:18,690 ...in the bus on the way to the stadium. Nobody talks. 53 00:03:19,101 --> 00:03:23,595 - Yes. They're all preparing. - Right. 54 00:03:23,772 --> 00:03:28,641 But when I think we're ready, I have the bus driver put on a song. 55 00:03:28,810 --> 00:03:31,779 Something I've chosen. One we all know. 56 00:03:32,881 --> 00:03:35,475 And we listen to the words together. 57 00:03:36,818 --> 00:03:38,046 And it helps. 58 00:03:39,988 --> 00:03:46,951 I remember when I was invited to the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. 59 00:03:47,963 --> 00:03:52,627 Everybody in the stadium greeted me with a song. 60 00:03:53,235 --> 00:03:55,829 At the time, the future... 61 00:03:56,004 --> 00:04:00,134 ...our future, seemed very bleak. 62 00:04:00,876 --> 00:04:06,610 But to hear that song in the voices of people from all over our planet... 63 00:04:06,782 --> 00:04:10,479 ...made me proud to be South African. 64 00:04:10,819 --> 00:04:14,915 It inspired me to come home and do better. 65 00:04:15,557 --> 00:04:19,493 It allowed me to expect more of myself. 66 00:04:20,161 --> 00:04:22,756 May I ask, what was the song, Sir? 67 00:04:22,931 --> 00:04:27,868 Well, it was "Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika". 68 00:04:29,070 --> 00:04:31,766 A very inspiring song. 69 00:04:33,108 --> 00:04:36,635 We need inspiration, Francois. 70 00:04:37,078 --> 00:04:40,844 Because in order to build our nation... 71 00:04:41,082 --> 00:04:45,610 ...we must all exceed our own expectations.