Pierre de Coubertin Quotes

French - Leader | January 1, 1863 - September 2, 1937

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

Pierre de Coubertin

LifeImportantTriumphCompeteThing

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.

Pierre de Coubertin

GoodJoyUnderstandingHumanityWay

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

Pierre de Coubertin

HistoryGamesOlympicMeansHolding

For each individual, sport is a possible source for inner improvement.

Pierre de Coubertin

ImprovementPossibleIndividualInner

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.

Pierre de Coubertin

LifeWinningFightingImportantWell

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

Pierre de Coubertin

AthleteGamesIndividualOlympic

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.

Pierre de Coubertin

HappinessPowerDayBalanceEffort

The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.

Pierre de Coubertin

HumanityGamesCelebrationOlympic

Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of a good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.

Pierre de Coubertin

LifeGoodRespectValueJoyEffort

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

Pierre de Coubertin

SportsEqualityMustTreatedBasis

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

Pierre de Coubertin

ReligionMeReligiousSentiment

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

Pierre de Coubertin

LifeVictoryImportantWellCombat

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