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

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

All sports for all people.

All sports for all people.

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,...

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

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 Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.

The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.

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

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

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...

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

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.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

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.

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...

Swifter, higher, stronger.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

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

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

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

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

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.

Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.

Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.

Hide your body in the Big Dipper

Hide your body in the Big Dipper

The body is the soul's poor house or home, whose ribs the laths are and...

The body is the soul's poor house or home, whose ribs the laths are and...

Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one...

Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one...