Olympics Quotes by Pierre de Coubertin

The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

— Pierre de Coubertin

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

— Pierre de Coubertin

The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.

— Pierre de Coubertin

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

— Pierre de Coubertin

The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.

— Pierre de Coubertin

The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.

— Pierre de Coubertin

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

— Pierre de Coubertin

Winning medals wasn't the point of the Olympics. It's the participating that counts.

— Pierre de Coubertin

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering…

— Pierre de Coubertin

I therefore think that I was right in trying from the outset of the Olympic revival to rekindle a religious awareness.

— Pierre de Coubertin

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

— Pierre de Coubertin

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

— Pierre de Coubertin

The Olympic Movement gives the world an ideal which reckons with the reality of life, and includes a possibility to guide this…

— Pierre de Coubertin

In the name of all competitors, I promise that we will take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by all…

— Pierre de Coubertin

The Olympic Games are not just ordinary world championships but a quadrennial festival of universal youth. . . celebrated by each succeeding…

— Pierre de Coubertin

In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty.

— Pierre de Coubertin