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

~Pierre De Coubertin

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

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If he is knocked out of the competition, he encourages his brothers with his words and presence.

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In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

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All sports for all people.

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A country can truly call itself sporting when the majority of its people feel a personal need for sport.

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Olympism... exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, mind and will.

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

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

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In our view the Olympic idea involves a strong physical culture supplemented on the one hand by mobility, what is so aptly called 'fair play', and on the other hand by aesthetics, that is the cultivation of what is beautiful and graceful.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Leader

Born: January 1st, 1863

Died: September 2nd, 1937

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