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

Quote by Pierre De Coubertin

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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.

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The Olympic Movement gives the world an ideal which reckons with the reality of life,...

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

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...

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

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Festival of the impassioned efforts and manifold ambitions of all forms of youthful activity of...

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The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the...

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

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

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...

All sports for all people.

All sports for all people.

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

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

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

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.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

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Sport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be...

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

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

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.

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Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort,...

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...