Olympism is a doctrine of the fraternity between the body and the soul.

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.

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

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

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

Olympism is a doctrine of the fraternity between the body and the soul.

Olympism is not a system - it is a state of mind. This state of mind has emerged from a double cult: that of effort and that of Eurythmy - a taste of excess and a taste of measure combined.