May joy and good fellowship reign, and.. 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.

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Pierre De Coubertin

Profession: Historian
Nationality: French

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The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.

The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.

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

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

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.

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

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 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.

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

All sports for all people.

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

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

For each individual, sport is a possible source for inner improvement.

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