Olympism: Selected Writings
A source page for quotes linked to Pierre de Coubertin.
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“Winning medals wasn't the point of the Olympics. It's the participating that counts.”
“A better world could be brought about only by better individuals.”
“The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.”
“Olympism is a doctrine of the fraternity between the body and the soul.”
“The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.”
“The essential thing in life is not so much conquering as fighting well.”
“Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort.”
“Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law.”
“For each individual, sport is a possible source for inner improvement”
“The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.”
“Sport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be compensated for.”
Source: Olympism: Selected Writings
“In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty.”
“The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.”
“The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.”
“The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.”
“Olympism... exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, mind and will.”
“Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes.”