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

Quote by Pierre De Coubertin

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

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

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

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 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...

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 Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.

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

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 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.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

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...

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 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.

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.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

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

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

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

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