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.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

Olympism is a doctrine of the fraternity between the body and the soul.

Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort.

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

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

All sports for all people.