Festival of the impassioned efforts and manifold ambitions of all forms of youthful activity of every generation springing from the threshold of life.

Quote by Pierre De Coubertin

Topics: Ambition Quotes, Life Quotes

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

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

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

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

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.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

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...

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

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

Sport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be...

Sport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be...

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Sport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be...

Sport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be...

Swifter, higher, stronger.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the...

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the...

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 accessible to working class youth.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

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...

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...

All sports for all people.

All sports for all people.