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What an honor.
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I am so excited. Thank you
for coming all this way to see me.
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Yes, Sir. Thank you for inviting me.
Mr. President.
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Do, tell me, Francois,
how is your ankle?
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- My ankle?
- I was told it was hurt. Has it healed?
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The truth is, Sir, you never really play
at 100 percent. No matter what.
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Yes. In sports as in life, eh?
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- Yes. Sir.
- Please, sit.
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Take this one.
Looking into the light hurts my eyes.
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Mrs. Brits,
you are a shining light in my day.
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Yes, Sir.
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Mrs. Brits, this is Francois Pienaar,
captain of the Springboks.
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Shall I pour, Sir?
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No, no. I would prefer to do it myself.
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Thank you very much, Mrs. Brits.
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How do you like your tea, Francois?
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Just milk, please.
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The English have given us many things...
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...including rugby.
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But afternoon tea,
that is the greatest.
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There we are.
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Thank you, Sir.
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You have a very difficult job.
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I do?
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I have a trading business.
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Captain of the Springboks.
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A very difficult job.
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Well, not compared to yours,
Mr. President.
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Well, no one is trying to tear my head off
while I'm doing mine.
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Yes, Sir.
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Tell me, Francois...
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...what is your philosophy on leadership?
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How do you inspire your team
to do their best?
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By example. I've always thought
to lead by example, Sir.
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Well, that is right.
That is exactly right.
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But how to get them to be better
than they think they can be?
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That is very difficult, I find.
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Inspiration, perhaps.
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How do we inspire ourselves to greatness,
when nothing less will do?
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How do we inspire everyone around us?
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I sometimes think it is
by using the work of others.
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On Robben Island...
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...when things got very bad...
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...I found inspiration in a poem.
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-A poem?
-A Victorian poem.
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Just words.
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But they helped me to stand
when all I wanted to do was to lie down.
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But you didn't come all this way
to hear an old man talk...
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...about things that make no sense.
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No, no, please, Mr. President.
It makes complete sense to me.
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On the day of a big match, say, a test...
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...in the bus on the way to the stadium.
Nobody talks.
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- Yes. They're all preparing.
- Right.
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But when I think we're ready,
I have the bus driver put on a song.
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Something I've chosen. One we all know.
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And we listen to the words together.
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And it helps.
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I remember when I was invited to
the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
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Everybody in the stadium
greeted me with a song.
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At the time, the future...
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...our future, seemed very bleak.
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But to hear that song in the voices
of people from all over our planet...
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...made me proud to be South African.
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It inspired me to come home
and do better.
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It allowed me to expect more of myself.
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May I ask, what was the song, Sir?
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Well, it was "Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika".
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A very inspiring song.
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We need inspiration, Francois.
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Because in order to build our nation...
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...we must all exceed
our own expectations.
Graca Chorao
Please correct the language of the original video: it is English and not Spanish