The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.

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

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.