Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.
The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.
All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.
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...
For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment.
May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue its way through ages, increasing friendly understanding among nations, for the good of a humanity always more enthus...
All sports for all people.
Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of a good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.