The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.

Quote by Pierre De Coubertin

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

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

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...

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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

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,...

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

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.

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,...

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.

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...

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...

Swifter, higher, stronger.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

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...