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

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

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

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes.

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

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.