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

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

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.

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.

Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law.

The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.

In the name of all competitors I promise that we will take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by all the rules which govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams.