The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.

Festival of the impassioned efforts and manifold ambitions of all forms of youthful activity of every generation springing from the threshold of life.

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

A country can truly call itself sporting when the majority of its people feel a personal need for sport.

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

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.