In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty.

Olympism... exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, mind and will.

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

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

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

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