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.

For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment.

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

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

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

All sports for all people.

The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.