The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle..

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 important thing is that all stages from adolescent to mature man, work is done to spread the sporting spirit..

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality..

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport..

Olympism... exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, mind and will..

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

The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete..

The Olympic Games are not just ordinary world championships but a quadrennial festival of universal youth. . . celebrated by each succeeding generati….

The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well..

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

Swifter, higher, stronger..

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

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

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….

All sports for all people..

The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity..

I therefore think that I was right in trying from the outset of the Olympic revival to rekindle a religious awareness..

A country can truly call itself sporting when the majority of its people feel a personal need for sport..

Winning medals wasn't the point of the Olympics. It's the participating that counts..

Sport must be accessible to working class youth..