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.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

The six colors, including the white background, represent the colors of all the world's flags ... this is a true international emblem.

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

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

The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives from it, the day when he lets considerations of vanity or interest take over, on this day his ideal will die.

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