Pierre de Coubertin Quotes
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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.
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Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.
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In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.
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The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.
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Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law.
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The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.
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Sport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be compensated for.
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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.
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Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes.
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Winning medals wasn't the point of the Olympics. It's the participating that counts.
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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.
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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.
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Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort.
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For each individual, sport is a possible source for inner improvement
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For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment.
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I therefore think that I was right in trying from the outset of the Olympic revival to rekindle a religious awareness.
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All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.
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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.
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The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.
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The strength of Olympism comes to it from that which is simply human, hence worldwide is its essence.
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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.
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Olympism is a doctrine of the fraternity between the body and the soul.
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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.
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The essential thing in life is not so much conquering as fighting well.
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The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.
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A better world could be brought about only by better individuals.
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The important thing is that all stages from adolescent to mature man, work is done to spread the sporting spirit.
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A country can truly call itself sporting when the majority of its people feel a personal need for sport.
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The six colors, including the white background, represent the colors of all the world's flags ... this is a true international emblem.
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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.
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