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.

The essential thing in life is not so much conquering as fighting well.

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

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.

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

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

Swifter, higher, stronger.