The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.

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,...

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...

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

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 are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.

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

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

All sports for all people.

All sports for all people.

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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 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 Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.

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

The Green Bay Packers never lost a football game. They just ran out of time.

The Green Bay Packers never lost a football game. They just ran out of time.

Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are...

Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are...

I get a kick out of watching a team defense me. A player moves two...

I get a kick out of watching a team defense me. A player moves two...