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

Quote by Pierre De Coubertin

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

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

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...

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

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.

All sports for all people.

All sports for all people.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

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...

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...

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 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.

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

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

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...

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

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,...

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

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

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.