 The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them. |
| Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law. |
| The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete. Topics: Life |
| The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age. |
| Olympism... exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, mind and will. |
| Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort. |
| In no way can sport be considered a luxury object. |
| May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue its way through ages, increasing friendly understanding among nations, for the good of a humanity always more enthusiastic, more courageous and more pure. |
| For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment. |
