Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of a good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.

Quote by Pierre De Coubertin

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For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment.

For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have...

The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have...

A country can truly call itself sporting when the majority of its people feel a...

A country can truly call itself sporting when the majority of its people feel a...

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty.

In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty.

May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue...

May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue...

Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes.

Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes.

Festival of the impassioned efforts and manifold ambitions of all forms of youthful activity of...

Festival of the impassioned efforts and manifold ambitions of all forms of youthful activity of...

The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.

The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.

The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his...

The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his...

Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared...

Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared...

The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.

The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.

The Olympic Movement gives the world an ideal which reckons with the reality of life,...

The Olympic Movement gives the world an ideal which reckons with the reality of life,...

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

If he is knocked out of the competition, he encourages his brothers with his words...

If he is knocked out of the competition, he encourages his brothers with his words...

All sports for all people.

All sports for all people.