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 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.

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 must be accessible to working class youth.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

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

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

Olympism... exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, mind and will.

Olympism... exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, mind and will.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

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

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

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

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

In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his...

In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his...

There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but...

There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but...

I suppose it's natural that people talk about the coincidences with Pele's career. But before...

I suppose it's natural that people talk about the coincidences with Pele's career. But before...