Sport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be compensated for.

Quote by Pierre De Coubertin

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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 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.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

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

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

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...

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

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...

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

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

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,...

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,...

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...

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

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

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

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 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 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.

YOUTH, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following...

YOUTH, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following...

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

I finally moved out of my parents' house. It was only fair to let my...

I finally moved out of my parents' house. It was only fair to let my...