For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment.

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

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

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

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.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.