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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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...

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

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.

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

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

All sports for all people.

All sports for all people.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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 Games were created for the glorification of the individual champion.

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

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

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

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

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...

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

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

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.