All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort.

Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort.

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

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...

The Games were created for the glorification of the individual champion.

The Games were created for the glorification of the individual champion.

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

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

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

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

Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort,...

Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort,...

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.

The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.

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.

All sports for all people.

All sports for all people.

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...

The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.

The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.

For each individual, sport is a possible source for inner improvement.

For each individual, sport is a possible source for inner improvement.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

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

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