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

Quote by Pierre De Coubertin

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Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

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 were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.

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

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

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.

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.

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,...

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

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

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

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,...