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

Quote by Pierre De Coubertin

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

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

Swifter, higher, stronger.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

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.

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 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...

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...

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

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.

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...

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 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.

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

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

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...

All sports for all people.

All sports for all people.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

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 is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort.

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