The essential thing in life is not so much conquering as fighting well.
Swifter, higher, stronger.
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.
In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty.
For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment.
Olympism is a doctrine of the fraternity between the body and the soul.