The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. Pierre de Coubertin More Quotes by Pierre de Coubertin More Quotes From Pierre de Coubertin Swifter, higher, stronger. Pierre de Coubertin strongerappreciatework Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport. Pierre de Coubertin rolesplaysports The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete. Pierre de Coubertin olympic-spiritathletegames The important thing is that all stages from adolescent to mature man, work is done to spread the sporting spirit. Pierre de Coubertin importantdonemen The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity. Pierre de Coubertin springtimehumanitygames 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 excess and a taste of measure combined. Pierre de Coubertin excesseffortmind Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history. Pierre de Coubertin gamesmeanhands Festival of the impassioned efforts and manifold ambitions of all forms of youthful activity of every generation springing from the threshold of life. Pierre de Coubertin generationseffortambition Sport must be accessible to working class youth. Pierre de Coubertin youthclasssports Olympism is a doctrine of the fraternity between the body and the soul. Pierre de Coubertin doctrinebodysoul Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law. Pierre de Coubertin aggravationlawsports The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. Pierre de Coubertin educationinspirationallife All sports must be treated on the basis of equality. Pierre de Coubertin basesequalitysports For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment. Pierre de Coubertin sentimentalreligioussports Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort. Pierre de Coubertin cultivationeffortsports Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes. Pierre de Coubertin classsportsmen In no way can sport be considered a luxury object. Pierre de Coubertin luxurysportsway In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty. Pierre de Coubertin oathasksloyalty The Olympic Games are not just ordinary world championships but a quadrennial festival of universal youth. . . celebrated by each succeeding generation as it arrives on the threshold of adulthood. Pierre de Coubertin ordinary-worldgenerationsgames The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age. Pierre de Coubertin olympic-spiritraceage
