1 00:00:00,001 --> 00:00:02,231 What an honor. 2 00:00:02,404 --> 00:00:06,602 I am so excited. Thank you for coming all this way to see me. 3 00:00:06,775 --> 00:00:09,300 Yes, Sir. Thank you for inviting me. Mr. President. 4 00:00:09,811 --> 00:00:12,473 Do, tell me, Francois, how is your ankle? 5 00:00:13,481 --> 00:00:18,418 - My ankle? - I was told it was hurt. Has it healed? 6 00:00:19,621 --> 00:00:24,251 The truth is, Sir, you never really play at 100 percent. No matter what. 7 00:00:24,426 --> 00:00:27,623 Yes. In sports as in life, eh? 8 00:00:27,796 --> 00:00:29,661 - Yes. Sir. - Please, sit. 9 00:00:30,599 --> 00:00:33,898 Take this one. Looking into the light hurts my eyes. 10 00:00:37,572 --> 00:00:42,532 Mrs. Brits, you are a shining light in my day. 11 00:00:42,711 --> 00:00:44,508 Yes, Sir. 12 00:00:44,679 --> 00:00:49,116 Mrs. Brits, this is Francois Pienaar, captain of the Springboks. 13 00:00:52,621 --> 00:00:54,111 Shall I pour, Sir? 14 00:00:54,289 --> 00:00:57,156 No, no. I would prefer to do it myself. 15 00:00:57,325 --> 00:01:00,158 Thank you very much, Mrs. Brits. 16 00:01:02,264 --> 00:01:04,732 How do you like your tea, Francois? 17 00:01:04,900 --> 00:01:07,027 Just milk, please. 18 00:01:08,570 --> 00:01:11,539 The English have given us many things... 19 00:01:11,706 --> 00:01:14,038 ...including rugby. 20 00:01:14,442 --> 00:01:20,381 But afternoon tea, that is the greatest. 21 00:01:20,548 --> 00:01:22,482 There we are. 22 00:01:23,018 --> 00:01:24,110 Thank you, Sir. 23 00:01:24,653 --> 00:01:27,781 You have a very difficult job. 24 00:01:28,156 --> 00:01:29,680 I do? 25 00:01:31,326 --> 00:01:32,816 I have a trading business. 26 00:01:32,994 --> 00:01:35,462 Captain of the Springboks. 27 00:01:36,197 --> 00:01:38,995 A very difficult job. 28 00:01:39,567 --> 00:01:41,467 Well, not compared to yours, Mr. President. 29 00:01:43,138 --> 00:01:48,576 Well, no one is trying to tear my head off while I'm doing mine. 30 00:01:48,743 --> 00:01:49,937 Yes, Sir. 31 00:01:50,111 --> 00:01:52,375 Tell me, Francois... 32 00:01:53,048 --> 00:01:56,074 ...what is your philosophy on leadership? 33 00:01:56,251 --> 00:02:00,085 How do you inspire your team to do their best? 34 00:02:01,389 --> 00:02:04,654 By example. I've always thought to lead by example, Sir. 35 00:02:04,826 --> 00:02:08,660 Well, that is right. That is exactly right. 36 00:02:08,830 --> 00:02:13,597 But how to get them to be better than they think they can be? 37 00:02:13,768 --> 00:02:15,861 That is very difficult, I find. 38 00:02:17,038 --> 00:02:19,632 Inspiration, perhaps. 39 00:02:19,841 --> 00:02:24,676 How do we inspire ourselves to greatness, when nothing less will do? 40 00:02:25,580 --> 00:02:29,414 How do we inspire everyone around us? 41 00:02:30,251 --> 00:02:33,846 I sometimes think it is by using the work of others. 42 00:02:36,191 --> 00:02:38,386 On Robben Island... 43 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,191 ...when things got very bad... 44 00:02:43,031 --> 00:02:45,295 ...I found inspiration in a poem. 45 00:02:46,034 --> 00:02:49,731 -A poem? -A Victorian poem. 46 00:02:50,805 --> 00:02:52,705 Just words. 47 00:02:53,308 --> 00:02:59,474 But they helped me to stand when all I wanted to do was to lie down. 48 00:03:01,783 --> 00:03:04,479 But you didn't come all this way to hear an old man talk... 49 00:03:04,652 --> 00:03:06,279 ...about things that make no sense. 50 00:03:06,454 --> 00:03:09,423 No, no, please, Mr. President. It makes complete sense to me. 51 00:03:10,892 --> 00:03:14,794 On the day of a big match, say, a test... 52 00:03:14,963 --> 00:03:18,990 ...in the bus on the way to the stadium. Nobody talks. 53 00:03:19,401 --> 00:03:23,895 - Yes. They're all preparing. - Right. 54 00:03:24,072 --> 00:03:28,941 But when I think we're ready, I have the bus driver put on a song. 55 00:03:29,110 --> 00:03:32,079 Something I've chosen. One we all know. 56 00:03:33,181 --> 00:03:35,775 And we listen to the words together. 57 00:03:37,118 --> 00:03:38,346 And it helps. 58 00:03:40,288 --> 00:03:47,251 I remember when I was invited to the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. 59 00:03:48,263 --> 00:03:52,927 Everybody in the stadium greeted me with a song. 60 00:03:53,535 --> 00:03:56,129 At the time, the future... 61 00:03:56,304 --> 00:04:00,434 ...our future, seemed very bleak. 62 00:04:01,176 --> 00:04:06,910 But to hear that song in the voices of people from all over our planet... 63 00:04:07,082 --> 00:04:10,779 ...made me proud to be South African. 64 00:04:11,119 --> 00:04:15,215 It inspired me to come home and do better. 65 00:04:15,857 --> 00:04:19,793 It allowed me to expect more of myself. 66 00:04:20,462 --> 00:04:23,056 May I ask, what was the song, Sir? 67 00:04:23,231 --> 00:04:28,168 Well, it was "Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika". 68 00:04:29,370 --> 00:04:32,066 A very inspiring song. 69 00:04:33,408 --> 00:04:36,935 We need inspiration, Francois. 70 00:04:37,378 --> 00:04:41,144 Because in order to build our nation... 71 00:04:41,382 --> 00:04:45,910 ...we must all exceed our own expectations.