All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

For each individual, sport is a possible source for inner improvement

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

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

Olympism is a doctrine of the fraternity between the body and the soul.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

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.