Every diehard, versatile South African sports fan has it.
"It" is his or her dogged preparedness to rise - or just not go to sleep first? - in the wee hours and urge toward glory a compatriot campaigning in some unfriendly time-zone on the planet.
The heyday of Ernie Els so obviously comes to mind.
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