May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue its way through ages, increasing friendly understanding among nations, for the good of a humanity always more enthusiastic, more courageous and more pure.

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.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

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,...

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

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

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

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.

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 to triumph but to compete.

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

Swifter, higher, stronger.

Swifter, higher, stronger.