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 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,...

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

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

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.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

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...

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

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.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

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

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

It is the inspiration of the Olympic Games that drives people not only to compete...

It is the inspiration of the Olympic Games that drives people not only to compete...

Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total...

Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total...