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The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives from it, the day when he lets considerations of vanity or interest take over, on this day his ideal will die.
— Pierre de Coubertin
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The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.
— Pierre de Coubertin
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Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law.
— Pierre de Coubertin
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The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.
— Pierre de Coubertin
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The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.
— Pierre de Coubertin
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In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty.
— Pierre de Coubertin
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