The Olympic Movement gives the world an ideal which reckons with the reality of life, and includes a possibility to guide this reality toward the great Olympic Idea.

Quote by Pierre De Coubertin

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

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

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...

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.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

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

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

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...

All sports for all people.

All sports for all people.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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.

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...