Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law.

Quote by Pierre De Coubertin

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Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

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...

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...

All sports for all people.

All sports for all people.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

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...

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.

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 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.

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

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

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...

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,...

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

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,...

Swifter, higher, stronger.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

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.

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

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