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.

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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...

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

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

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

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 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...

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

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.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

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...

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

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...

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

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

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 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...

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

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

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 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.

We prefer world law, in the age of self-determination, to world war in the age...

We prefer world law, in the age of self-determination, to world war in the age...

Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.

Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam: I looked into...

I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam: I looked into...