Quotes about Pierre De Coubertin

Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes.

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Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

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

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

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Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

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

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May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue...

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

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In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

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If he is knocked out of the competition, he encourages his brothers with his words...

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Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

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

#Pierre De Coubertin