Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus said they moved away from using "the fear of losing" to motivate the team and rather use the "fear of not leaving everything out there".
"I think we're definitely trying to move away from the fear of losing. I think we all have fear of losing because you're representing your country and Scottish players will be the same, and Scottish coaches will be the same."
"I think we're trying to lean more towards the fear that we did not leave everything out there, that we don't have regrets when we sit in the changing room afterwards and say, but we played within ourselves. We weren't brave enough to try something or to do something. But we all have a fear of losing. It's never nice to know what happens after losing."
Explaining the selection and seven-one split of the bench Erasmus said: "This is a seasoned and quality team and adding to that 21 of the 23 players have won a Rugby World Cup title, with some having won two, so they know what it takes to perform at this level."
"Many of these combinations have also played together this season either during the Castle Lager Incoming Series and Rugby Championship, or both, which will be valuable against a quality team such as Scotland."
"We are expecting an extremely physical match, so we opted for a seven-one split of forwards on the bench, and this was aided by the fact that we have such versatile players in the backline, who can cover different positions if necessary."
Explaining the seven/one split Erasmus said that the England clash at Twickenham next Saturday and the six-day turnaround was a factor when he selected his matchday squad for the Murrayfield clash.
"At the World Cup, we also had a six-day turnaround before we played England and we relied heavily on our forwards. Our forwards really struggled, and we almost didn’t pull that game through."
"We thought that if we go seven-one, we can split the load between the two packs," Erasmus said.
"It’s a big burden on the backline and Kwagga will be covering one or two positions in the backline just because he is a Sevens player and he can do that."
"It’s not that we think the Scottish pack is weak. The way they contest and the way Pieter de Villiers coached them, they are going to be really competitive."
"With this specific backline, we feel there are not a lot of old men, except for Willie le Roux, who is two Test matches away from 100. We all know we’ve got Fassi and Damian Willemse, who will go to the next World Cup."
"I told the backs, ‘Please don’t tell me you are cramping on Saturday. I am not going to listen."