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 each individual, sport is a possible source for inner improvement

The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.

All sports for all people.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.

The Olympic Movement gives the world an ideal which reckons with the reality of life, and includes a possibility to guide this reality toward the great Olympic Idea.