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The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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In no way can sport be considered a luxury object. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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Sport must be accessible to working class youth. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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In our view the Olympic idea involves a strong physical culture supplemented on the one hand by mobility, what is so aptly called 'fair play', and on the other hand by aesthetics, that is the cultivation of what is beautiful and graceful. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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Winning medals wasn't the point of the Olympics. It's the participating that counts. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue its way through ages, increasing friendly understanding among nations, for the good of a humanity always more enthusiastic, more courageous and more pure. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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Sport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be compensated for. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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The strength of Olympism comes to it from that which is simply human, hence worldwide is its essence. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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In the name of all competitors, I promise that we will take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by all the rules which govern them in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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The essential thing in life is not so much conquering as fighting well. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of a good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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A better world could be brought about only by better individuals. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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The important thing is that all stages from adolescent to mature man, work is done to spread the sporting spirit. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives from it, the day when he lets considerations of vanity or interest take over, on this day his ideal will die. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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The heart of our problem is the selfishness in our heart.

The human spirit soars with hope when lifted by an encouraging word.

The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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Festival of the impassioned efforts and manifold ambitions of all forms of youthful activity of every generation springing from the threshold of life. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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The Olympic Games are not just ordinary world championships but a quadrennial festival of universal youth ... celebrated by each succeeding generation as it arrives on the threshold of adulthood. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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The six colours, including the white background, represent the colours of all the world's flags ... this is a true international emblem. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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Olympism is a doctrine of the fraternity between the body and the soul. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete ... not victory but combat ... not to have vanquished but to have fought well ... not winning but taking part ... -- Pierre De Coubertin
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The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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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. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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All sports must be treated on the basis of equality. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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All sports for all people. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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The Games were created for the glorification of the individual champion. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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For me sport was a religion ... with religious sentiment. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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For each individual, sport is a possible source for inner improvement. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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Olympism is not a system - it is a state of mind. This state of mind has emerged from a double cult: that of effort and that of Eurythmy - a taste of excess and a taste of measure combined. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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Olympism ... exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, mind and will. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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If he is knocked out of the competition, he encourages his brothers with his words and presence. -- Pierre De Coubertin
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A country can truly call itself sporting when the majority of its people feel a personal need for sport. -- Pierre De Coubertin