Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law.
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.
Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.
Sport must be accessible to working class youth.
Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort.
Olympism is a doctrine of the fraternity between the body and the soul.