WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.931 What an honor. 00:00:02.104 --> 00:00:06.302 I am so excited. Thank you for coming all this way to see me. 00:00:06.475 --> 00:00:09.000 Yes, Sir. Thank you for inviting me. Mr. President. 00:00:09.511 --> 00:00:12.173 Do, tell me, Francois, how is your ankle? 00:00:13.181 --> 00:00:18.118 - My ankle? - I was told it was hurt. Has it healed? 00:00:19.321 --> 00:00:23.951 The truth is, Sir, you never really play at 100 percent. No matter what. 00:00:24.126 --> 00:00:27.323 Yes. In sports as in life, eh? 00:00:27.496 --> 00:00:29.361 - Yes. Sir. - Please, sit. 00:00:30.299 --> 00:00:33.598 Take this one. Looking into the light hurts my eyes. 00:00:37.272 --> 00:00:42.232 Mrs. Brits, you are a shining light in my day. 00:00:42.411 --> 00:00:44.208 Yes, Sir. 00:00:44.379 --> 00:00:48.816 Mrs. Brits, this is Francois Pienaar, captain of the Springboks. 00:00:52.321 --> 00:00:53.811 Shall I pour, Sir? 00:00:53.989 --> 00:00:56.856 No, no. I would prefer to do it myself. 00:00:57.025 --> 00:00:59.858 Thank you very much, Mrs. Brits. 00:01:01.964 --> 00:01:04.432 How do you like your tea, Francois? 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:06.727 Just milk, please. 00:01:08.270 --> 00:01:11.239 The English have given us many things... 00:01:11.406 --> 00:01:13.738 ...including rugby. 00:01:14.142 --> 00:01:20.081 But afternoon tea, that is the greatest. 00:01:20.248 --> 00:01:22.182 There we are. 00:01:22.718 --> 00:01:23.810 Thank you, Sir. 00:01:24.353 --> 00:01:27.481 You have a very difficult job. 00:01:27.856 --> 00:01:29.380 I do? 00:01:31.026 --> 00:01:32.516 I have a trading business. 00:01:32.694 --> 00:01:35.162 Captain of the Springboks. 00:01:35.897 --> 00:01:38.695 A very difficult job. 00:01:39.267 --> 00:01:41.167 Well, not compared to yours, Mr. President. 00:01:42.838 --> 00:01:48.276 Well, no one is trying to tear my head off while I'm doing mine. 00:01:48.443 --> 00:01:49.637 Yes, Sir. 00:01:49.811 --> 00:01:52.075 Tell me, Francois... 00:01:52.748 --> 00:01:55.774 ...what is your philosophy on leadership? 00:01:55.951 --> 00:01:59.785 How do you inspire your team to do their best? 00:02:01.089 --> 00:02:04.354 By example. I've always thought to lead by example, Sir. 00:02:04.526 --> 00:02:08.360 Well, that is right. That is exactly right. 00:02:08.530 --> 00:02:13.297 But how to get them to be better than they think they can be? 00:02:13.468 --> 00:02:15.561 That is very difficult, I find. 00:02:16.738 --> 00:02:19.332 Inspiration, perhaps. 00:02:19.541 --> 00:02:24.376 How do we inspire ourselves to greatness, when nothing less will do? 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:29.114 How do we inspire everyone around us? 00:02:29.951 --> 00:02:33.546 I sometimes think it is by using the work of others. 00:02:35.891 --> 00:02:38.086 On Robben Island... 00:02:38.660 --> 00:02:41.891 ...when things got very bad... 00:02:42.731 --> 00:02:44.995 ...I found inspiration in a poem. 00:02:45.734 --> 00:02:49.431 -A poem? -A Victorian poem. 00:02:50.505 --> 00:02:52.405 Just words. 00:02:53.008 --> 00:02:59.174 But they helped me to stand when all I wanted to do was to lie down. 00:03:01.483 --> 00:03:04.179 But you didn't come all this way to hear an old man talk... 00:03:04.352 --> 00:03:05.979 ...about things that make no sense. 00:03:06.154 --> 00:03:09.123 No, no, please, Mr. President. It makes complete sense to me. 00:03:10.592 --> 00:03:14.494 On the day of a big match, say, a test... 00:03:14.663 --> 00:03:18.690 ...in the bus on the way to the stadium. Nobody talks. 00:03:19.101 --> 00:03:23.595 - Yes. They're all preparing. - Right. 00:03:23.772 --> 00:03:28.641 But when I think we're ready, I have the bus driver put on a song. 00:03:28.810 --> 00:03:31.779 Something I've chosen. One we all know. 00:03:32.881 --> 00:03:35.475 And we listen to the words together. 00:03:36.818 --> 00:03:38.046 And it helps. 00:03:39.988 --> 00:03:46.951 I remember when I was invited to the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. 00:03:47.963 --> 00:03:52.627 Everybody in the stadium greeted me with a song. 00:03:53.235 --> 00:03:55.829 At the time, the future... 00:03:56.004 --> 00:04:00.134 ...our future, seemed very bleak. 00:04:00.876 --> 00:04:06.610 But to hear that song in the voices of people from all over our planet... 00:04:06.782 --> 00:04:10.479 ...made me proud to be South African. 00:04:10.819 --> 00:04:14.915 It inspired me to come home and do better. 00:04:15.557 --> 00:04:19.493 It allowed me to expect more of myself. 00:04:20.161 --> 00:04:22.756 May I ask, what was the song, Sir? 00:04:22.931 --> 00:04:27.868 Well, it was "Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika". 00:04:29.070 --> 00:04:31.766 A very inspiring song. 00:04:33.108 --> 00:04:36.635 We need inspiration, Francois. 00:04:37.078 --> 00:04:40.844 Because in order to build our nation... 00:04:41.082 --> 00:04:45.610 ...we must all exceed our own expectations.