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Games Quotes by Pierre de Coubertin
- The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the…
- In the name of all competitors, I promise that we will take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by all the rules which…
- The Olympic Games are not just ordinary world championships but a quadrennial festival of universal youth. . . celebrated by each succeeding generation as it…
- 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 Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.
- Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.
- The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.
- The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.
- The Games were created for the glorification of the individual champion.
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