Lions Rugby Tour 1997 South Africa - Motivational Speech

Forwards meeting on the 97 tour - Jim Telfer
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there are 2 kinds of rughby players boys
there are honest ones and then the rest
The honest player get up in the morning looks himself in the fucking mirror,
sets his standard, sets his stall out and says
I'm going to get better
I'm going to get better
I'm going to get better
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He doesn't complain about the food or the beds or the referees or these sort of things.These are just peripheral things that weak players are always complaining about - the dishonest player
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If i tell a player he's too high, or he's not tight enough - he's too fuckin high, he's not tight enough
and that's it! and I'm the judge! and not the player
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and we accept that and we do something about it
I've coached Lions teams before and we've complained and carped about this that and the next thing
And I liken it a bit to the BRitish and IRish going abroad on holiday
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THe first thing they look for is an english pub, the second thing they look is a pint of guinness
and the third thing they look for is a fish and chip shop
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THe only thing the accept is the sun. THey don't take on anything thats good or decent of different abroad.
If we do that were sunk!
We don't go back bitchin', we don't go back carpin' oh we've done it this way at twickenham or cardiff arms parks or lansdowne road or murrayfield!
No, no these days are past Whats accepted over there is not accepted over here. It's not accepted by us; me and you!
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from now on the page is turned. Were on a new book, different attitudes, honest with ourselves! and in many respects in the forward play - let's be fuckin honest - we've been second best!
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We can match them, but on ly if we get it right here (points to his head) and right here (points to his heart).
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2 weeks, theres battles all along the way - theres a battle on saturday, theres a battle next wednesday, theres a battle the following saturday, a battle the following tuesday until were into the fuckin big arena
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?? there on saturday. And by that time the Lions have to make them roar for us. because they'll be baying for blood and lets hope it's fucking springbok blood
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Were focussed, from now the kid gloves are off, it's bare knuckle fuckin stuff
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And only at the end of the day will the man thats standing on his feet win the fuckin battle

[@alanhealy1885]

Remenber watching this tour back in 97 and Jim's speech today still gives me goosebumps.

[@kimjong-un2471]

My goldfish watched this. He turned into a shark

[@MarkThomas01]

Brilliant

[@tallshort1849]

x Kandii brilliant!

[@DonHalli]

I love what you said!! Magic!

[@Atari-stfm]

classic

[@bernadettestewart]

Jim Telfer wish you were still involved with Scotland mate, class act.

[@fraz6354]

I remember seeing this on Living with Lions, truly inspirational stuff.

[@lardinhoredbeard5089]

This is one the best speaches ever, if this was an American saying this, they'd have made a film out of it lol

[@stevenjenkins6594]

A lot of people don't like him. I'm Welsh he's just slated us - I think he's brilliant! He tells it like it is - right or wrong - no bullshit

[@stevenjenkins6594]

If I was player - I can't think of a better motivator to get me fired up. Don't look for excuses, that's for the weak man - it's up to you - brilliant!

[@neil53187]

Classic Jim Telfer. Talk about inspirational. This guy tells it how it is and you just gotta love it!

[@thomasbentley4283]

feel very honored to have been coached by this guy

[@TheStam66]

Jim Telfor, you are simply a legend!!

[@JakeWalshMusic]

Well said, Big Jim...someone should have played this to Roy Keane, in Saipan at World Cup 2002...instead of whinging that this isn't how we do things back home at Manchester United, he should have been grateful for the privilege of wearing his country's shirt and knuckled down to applying his skills on the world stage...

[@shreyas13489]

If you ever nee to be inspired this is the best man to do so!!

[@franzfanz]

There is only one response to this. "Yes, sir!"

[@frankkrank3970]

I met Wee Creamy at a Glasgow Warriors a few days after watching this my son. He looked at me as is I was stupid - I felt about 5 years old - What a tower or a man... Yea I'd love to see him have 'a wee word' with Scott Johnston...

[@superally09]

goosebumps watching that cracking speech

[@grandslam1998]

SA is a hard school for Rugby. They produce great Rugby players and greater teams. You must fight fire with fire.That is all they understand. It is a fantastic place to tour. The welcome you receive is outstanding. The Lions do well to win any game in this country that loves Rugby.

[@burdy1967]

Jim Telfer ....."A Bunch of CATS could move that!!..." brilliant

[@cbefwaterford]

..as good as it gets. 2009 here we go !

[@boreham92]

ireland won the grand slam this year, that makes us the most relevant team in the northern hemisphere, we also sported the most lions for this tour

[@thedrunkmonk69the2nd]

true, they were a decent outfit. pretty awesome when these boys get together. bring 'em on

[@mattkiwi222]

Now that is old school... Bravo

[@slickwillywize]

If only the English football team could be motivated like this

[@waveneyd0105]

I love his little asides - right at the end - you only had 300 on that - a bunch of cats could move that!

[@artvandelay113]

Any chance uploading the speech made to the forwards before the first test....the one where all the 8 forwards were sat round Telfer...inspirational stuff

[@Publicanrusty]

"it's bare knuckle fuckin' stuff" Sick quote.

[@000ghostdog]

awesome attitude and very funny not that I would have risked a giggle if I had been in the audience

[@usernamealredytaken]

Jim Telfer = Machine

[@ajlabrooy]

This can inspire anyone..... Apart from footballers.

[@andrew20781]

More of a football man than rugby myself but these lions tours get the blood boiling within me. The only time i stand next to a scottish,welsh and irish supporting the same team. All the best in south africa in the coming weeks and get straight into the springboks.

[@neil53187]

Awesome. The man is a legend!

[@randykawasaki]

What matters is what happens out on the park, no amount of chat changes that, and Rodber did the business.

[@direpowa]

all football players and trainers should see this

[@Number69]

If we had real men like this leading people in a recession instead of politicians telling us everything is fine, we'd recover a lot quicker and a lot stronger. Sometimes the truth hurts but it has to be told.

[@1relentless3]

....the only thing they accept is the sun.

[@SuperPottsman]

amazing what a man.

[@xpat73]

Great stuff from Telfer.

[@derekpalmer56]

Fantastick , what a guy

[@TribalSolider]

Jim Telfer speaks the Truth

[@champ1992]

thats such a good speech. "Its fucking bareknuckles from now on"

[@Niallersz]

@coachroddy Hes a legend mate, what a speech..hairs of the back of my neck standing

[@hugovea]

Legend

[@leonidasaa]

Love the last comment. A bunch of fucking cats could move that. Classic Telfer. Him and McGeechan were a brilliant combination.

[@Nivea57]

Holy hell fella, that is a bad dude

[@jackgarr2000]

Love it!

[@JohnWilliams-yu1ep]

Like a boss!

[@utuberlol]

class equipement!

[@deanenuku145]

That was awesome

[@BossHogg878]

And Tim Rodber was one of the hardest hitting back row forwards of his generation Un-intimidating? Ben you're own your own against him, I'll be in the changers hunting for my gum shield...may take a while

[@Raichu234]

woooow legend telford!

[@maxwestwood302]

who is the player talking at the scrum practice

[@telstar9]

+Max Westwood Tim Rodber

[@Raichu234]

he is brilliant! :D x

[@ecosse1314]

correct 100% your righr ma man

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

@ForrestGunner Go to video2mp3 or some site similar - throw the URL from youtube in and it will convert then download it in mp3 format for you.

[@turfmoor1]

Would absolutely love to play this video to those the England football team right now. Take some f*ckin responsibility!!

[@1relentless3]

if i tell a player he's too high..........he's too fucken high!

[@DamnArms12345]

what he said about English tourists is too true

[@benmcfarlane7222]

That's matt dawson at 3:19

[@jerryhiggins7557]

I completely agree, like what sort of prima donna wants to do football training with actual footballs?? He should have just run around a bit and been happy. If he broke his ankle in a pothole on the training pitch that was his fault for not looking where he was going. Like who did he think he was, doing his captains role of bringing the players concerns to the management like that? He should have just been happy to have been there, like what has he ever won? Who is he to tell any1 what to do?

[@Kinlochbervie50]

i'd love to see what Telfer would do if any player interrupted him with that!!

[@calamb90]

fucking love rugby

[@Ktmhenry]

yep!

[@DamnArms12345]

@simonm7133 I could actually picture Capello speaking with conviction, but not the commanding respect part

[@hadwll]

i am sick of being dishonest

[@AppByDesign]

A primary reason for this is probably because Matt Dawson doesn't speak in the video (have a look at the guy behind the guy who you think is Matt Dawson)

[@SJACK13]

Read about it in the papers. Only the one statistic matters and that was the final series result. We won-They didn't.

[@cacab4]

This could be a philosophy on how to live life, not just rugby.

[@biggsc]

Motivational my arse!!!

[@Publicanrusty]

@Groyneyvision I play at a primarily south african club i know what he was trying to say.

[@Bobbyifyouplease]

We are going to smash the cocky, dirty saffas up this time round! Get the job done lads! Come on the Lions.

[@BossHogg878]

you must have amazing feckin ears, i however consider that he is taking the pish out of the thick teuchters, like the good borders man he is ;)

[@jakubwidlarz]

Why do you think the Lions Tour is so special?

[@Ln16066]

5 people are springbok fans.

[@sherman4970]

This tour,,3-0 to South Africa. Not a good Lions squad this time!

[@deanmckinnon5090]

I hate rugby, but this is sheer class.

[@grandslam1998]

Only the unloved hate!

[@thestu21]

hopefully the springboks wont stoop to cheating like ye though and take out our best player in the 1st minute

[@gareththejack]

That's Tim Rodber you doughnut. Matt Dawson is about 6 inches shorter and a scrum-half, he's the one standing behind him.

[@benmcfarlane7222]

How un-intimidating is matt dawson and his English accent compared to big jim telfer

[@501877934]

speeches come from the heart

[@patergaskin]

Whats with the racism pal?

[@justlooking4043]

he swears a lot ⚠

[@sbc1t]

Thats Scottish for you.

[@thedrunkmonk69the2nd]

thats rich coming from an english....hypocrite

[@billysmart5587]

Telfer was hard as nails as a player and a coach He was rugby equivalent of Alex Ferguson. Both are from the same generation of working class teak tough Scottish men.

[@rkent06]

A fucking bunch of cats could move that- magical comment

[@rkent06]

+J Pabst He definitely says Cats - maybe the accent makes it difficult for you to hear

[@Lakbir]

Love this man even though I'm English! Tell it like it fucking is!

[@doylustheboy]

he does na complain..........I'm the judge & the jury......AND THAT'S IT

[@canamrugby]

Telfer needs to come and yell at the 2017 Lions.

[@KSRugby]

@timdaly888 aye, i find this speech inspiring for the very reasons you have mentioned here :)

[@lutonmale1983]

Jim Telfer- what a fucking legend/coach/motivational speaker. I can imagine the players dying for him on the pitch after one of his 'bards'. This gruff 'mans man' Scot is exactly the sort of personality missing from 'modern coaching setups'. There is no ballshit with this man and no room for excuses. I love the way that Tim Rodber says that they're going to 'crawl of this fucking machine' and Telfer responds with a laconic 'exactly fucking right'!!

[@ashadeofnight]

The speech is inspirational aside from the rugby context. like when he says the honest man [player] looks himself in the mirror every day and says to himself "I'm going to get better and get better and get better..."

[@Scotsovertheborder]

Was that Rodber saying "we fuckin crawl off this machine"? - that's the attitude, just like Telfer's. His comments on what makes an honest player should be required listening for everyone in the game.

[@Niallersz]

Martin Johnson said this was the hardest piece of training hes ever done in his career - on that scrum machine that day..this is why we love rugby..its a mans sport

[@4fingerfrankie]

Telfer , what a legend !!!!!!! anyone who has played rugby knows what he is talking about.

[@Greyzepher]

good year for irish rugby....im from cork and munster this year got the magers lauge...

[@kmotch]

''You only had 300 on there... fucking, a bunch of cats coulda moved that!!!'' lol

[@eaglelegend1]

They should make Rooney and co watch this, imagine if delagglio had a "weave",

[@CrumbleLives]

Just like my old science teacher. And we went on to blow up the fuckin lab!

[@thestu21]

yes this is true, but the all blacks cant beat france in a world cup, LoL

[@doylustheboy]

" he looks in the fuckin' mirror" hahahah - Jim, you were the boss

[@utuberlol]

its a shame u ppl can't fallow the laws of sportsmanship...

[@DonaldMacNaughton]

Great Speech real and focused !