Author: Pierre de Coubertin

Quotes

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.

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

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

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

- Pierre de Coubertin

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

- Pierre de Coubertin

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

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

- Pierre de Coubertin

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

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

- Pierre de Coubertin

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

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

- Pierre de Coubertin

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

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

- Pierre de Coubertin

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.

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

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.

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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