Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes.

Quote by Pierre De Coubertin

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Swifter, higher, stronger.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

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...

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.

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...

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

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

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

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

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.

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.

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

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

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...

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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

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

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...