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

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

Sport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be compensated for.

May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue its way through ages, increasing friendly understanding among nations, for the good of a humanity always more enthusiastic, more courageous and more pure.

All sports for all people.

Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law.

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