The Games were created for the glorification of the individual champion. Pierre de Coubertin Read Quote
In our view the Olympic idea involves a strong physical culture supplemented on the one hand by mobility, what is so aptly called ‘fair play’, and on the other hand by aesthetics, that is the cultivation of what is beautiful and graceful. Pierre de Coubertin Read Quote
A country can truly call itself sporting when the majority of its people feel a personal need for sport. Pierre de Coubertin Read Quote
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. Pierre de Coubertin Read Quote
Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law. Pierre de Coubertin Read Quote
The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity. Pierre de Coubertin Read Quote
The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age. Pierre de Coubertin Read Quote
