List of Pierre de Coubertin Quotes

The Olympic Games Are Not Just Ordinary World Championships But A Quadrennial Festival Of Universal Youth. . . Celebrated By Each Succeeding Generation As It Arrives On The Threshold Of Adulthood.

Sport Is The Habitual And Voluntary Cultivation Of Intensive Physical Effort.

In No Way Can Sport Be Considered A Luxury Object.

I Therefore Think That I Was Right In Trying From The Outset Of The Olympic Revival To Rekindle A Religious Awareness.

The Olympic Movement Gives The World An Ideal Which Reckons With The Reality Of Life, And Includes A Possibility To Guide This Reality Toward The Great Olympic Idea.

Sport Must Be The Heritage Of All Men And Of All Social Classes.

Sport Must Be Accessible To Working Class Youth.

Festival Of The Impassioned Efforts And Manifold Ambitions Of All Forms Of Youthful Activity Of Every Generation Springing From The Threshold Of Life.

Success Comprises In Itself The Seeds Of Its Own Decline And Sport Is Not Spared By This Law.

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.

The Important Thing Is That All Stages From Adolescent To Mature Man, Work Is Done To Spread The Sporting Spirit.

The Olympic Games Were Created For The Exhaltation Of The Individual Athlete.