Olympic Games Pierre De Coubertin Quotes & Sayings

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 govern them in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams. — Pierre De Coubertin

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history. — Pierre De Coubertin

The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete. — Pierre De Coubertin

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

A Dominican monk, Father Henri Didon, used it as a watchword for his pupils in sports at Arcueil College in Paris. Baron Pierre De Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics, made it the Olympic Games ideal adopted at the Antwerp Games in 1920. I never mentioned winning to my players. I mentioned constantly that all I wanted them to do was the best they could. If they're good enough, the score will be to their liking; if they're not, it won't be but that's nothing to hang their head about. Sometimes the other fellow is just better than you are. — John Wooden

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. — Pierre De Coubertin

The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them. — 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 but fighting well. — Pierre De Coubertin

The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity. — Pierre De Coubertin