The important thing is that all stages from adolescent to mature man, work is done to spread the sporting spirit.

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

Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of a good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.

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

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.

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