Pieter-Steph du Toit

“He has not had it easy, but it has given him a very strong mind, The Du Toits are all fighters. We don’t give up. We never have, and we never will.”

“So, they took a slice out of me like biltong to strengthen Pieter-Steph’s ACL, . We both went out in wheelchairs, but then I was walking first, which I like to remind him of.”

“I don’t know where the thought came from; it must have been from God, I asked the doctor if a piece of my hamstring could work as a tendon on my son's knee. He agreed that this was a very unusual but probably brilliant remedy.”

“As soon as my rugby career is over I will be straight back to the farm.”

“The farm is very much in my blood,There is something special in working with nature, watching the grapes grow and finally get harvested.”

“I was very young and these old leather boots took me halfway to my knees. My dad let me wear them rather than stick them on a mantelpiece. I ran around in them until they fell apart.”

“I had a feeling I would walk in my grandfather’s footsteps from the day I found a pair of his old boots in a barn.”

“I grew up with a sense of destiny and of value in my heritage. This has always resonated with me. I feel a sense of responsibility carrying this name.”

“He died when I was four, but I recall him tossing me about with those powerful arms, He was just 60 when he died in 1996. He was very fit, and the week before he died he had run a marathon.”