54 Quotes by Pierre de Coubertin

All sports for all people.

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

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.

The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.

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 each individual, sport is a possible source for inner improvement

Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort.

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

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.