Lions Rugby Tour 1997 South Africa - Motivational Speech

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@thomasbentley4283]

feel very honored to have been coached by this guy

[@neil53187]

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

[@franzfanz]

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

[@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!

[@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

[@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

[@shreyas13489]

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

[@TheStam66]

Jim Telfor, you are simply a legend!!

[@Lakbir]

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

[@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...

[@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...

[@4fingerfrankie]

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

[@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.

[@000ghostdog]

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

[@superally09]

goosebumps watching that cracking speech

[@slickwillywize]

If only the English football team could be motivated like this

[@Conero08]

Man if only we had Jim in '09

[@MrDavidsonc]

respect to jim telfer the greatest speech ever

[@Niallersz]

Not a sound while he speaks, thats respect

[@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

[@cbefwaterford]

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

[@mattkiwi222]

Now that is old school... Bravo

[@neil53187]

Awesome. The man is a legend!

[@DonaldMacNaughton]

Great Speech real and focused !

[@Greyzepher]

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

[@waveneyd0105]

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

[@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.

[@ajlabrooy]

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

[@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..."

[@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'!!

[@doylustheboy]

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

[@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.

[@burdy1967]

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

[@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

[@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

[@Publicanrusty]

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

[@xpat73]

Great stuff from Telfer.

[@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

[@Niallersz]

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

[@1relentless3]

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

[@usernamealredytaken]

Jim Telfer = Machine

[@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.

[@SuperPottsman]

amazing what a man.

[@maxwestwood302]

who is the player talking at the scrum practice

[@telstar9]

+Max Westwood Tim Rodber

[@canamrugby]

Telfer needs to come and yell at the 2017 Lions.

[@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.

[@TribalSolider]

Jim Telfer speaks the Truth

[@doylustheboy]

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

[@kmotch]

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

[@GiantsTom11]

whos speaking @ 3.14? Neil Back?

[@champ1992]

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

[@jackgarr2000]

Love it!

[@Nivea57]

Holy hell fella, that is a bad dude

[@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

[@derekpalmer56]

Fantastick , what a guy

[@undercoverlover1000]

love this

[@utuberlol]

class equipement!

[@leonidasaa]

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

[@deanenuku145]

That was awesome

[@TinklestheGoat]

Subtitles please.

[@TinklestheGoat]

Subtitles Please.

[@Raichu234]

he is brilliant! :D x

[@JohnWilliams-yu1ep]

Like a boss!

[@hugovea]

Legend

[@musjeu]

You won't hear a football coach telling this

[@turfmoor1]

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

[@Raichu234]

woooow legend telford!

[@ecosse1314]

correct 100% your righr ma man

[@leonidasaa]

It's bare knuckle fuckin stuff. What a line

[@CrumbleLives]

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

[@Kinlochbervie50]

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

[@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?

[@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)

[@DamnArms12345]

what he said about English tourists is too true

[@DamnArms12345]

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

[@ecosse1314]

totaly gobsmacked....................

[@cacab4]

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

[@hadwll]

i am sick of being dishonest

[@KSRugby]

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

[@SJACK13]

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

[@1relentless3]

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

[@deanmckinnon5090]

I hate rugby, but this is sheer class.

[@grandslam1998]

Only the unloved hate!

[@Publicanrusty]

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

[@jakubwidlarz]

Why do you think the Lions Tour is so special?

[@Ln16066]

5 people are springbok fans.

[@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 ;)

[@eaglelegend1]

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

[@Ktmhenry]

yep!

[@calamb90]

fucking love rugby

[@Bobbyifyouplease]

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

[@sherman4970]

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