Quotes by Pierre de Coubertin

“All sports for all people.”

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

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

“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 considerati...”

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

“Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.”

“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.”

“In the name of all the competitors I promise that we shall take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules which govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glor...”

“Winning medals wasn’t the point of the Olympics. It’s the participating that counts.”

“The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win, but to take part; the important thing in Life is not triumph, but the struggle; the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have foug...”

“A better world could be brought about only by better individuals.”

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