Mar 31

Of all the forms of camaraderie to which man is inclined, perhaps none acts more forcefully and more effectively on him than the camaraderie of sports.

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Mar 30

The goal has been reached, and my work is done. Yet in keeping with your wishes, I shall remain as your president until 1924 so that, together, we may celebrate in Paris the Thirtieth Anniversary of the restoration of the Olympic Games on the occasion of the Eighth Olympiad.

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Mar 29

In life, balance is a result, not a goal, a reward rather than something to be sought out.

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Mar 28

Strength and agility … are achieved through exercise and practice: balance in the moral order, mens sana in corpore sano, as the ancients used to say.

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Mar 27

In the Ancient Greek gymnasium there was an admirable compromise between two types of strength men fought over—muscles and ideas rubbed shoulders congenially.

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Mar 26

The will, daring and perseverance form a trinity that is unequaled in its power to generate improvement.

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Mar 25

Enthusiasm for physical exercises spread with irresistible power. There was no need to invoke memories of Greece or to seek encouragement from the past. People like sports for sports' sake.

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Mar 24

To work effectively toward improving himself, a man must, first and foremost, know himself.

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Mar 23

I admire the young men, from all the countries in the world, who manage to find enough moral strength to handle a deeply-felt defeat without any apparent bitterness.

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Mar 22

Pay tribute to the modern athlete—this is his festival, his day of renaissance.

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Mar 21

Sport means movement, and the influence of movement on bodies is something that has been evident from time immemorial.

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Mar 20

Children, young and old alike, need to be encouraged to become involved in exercise.

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Mar 19

One evening, the moon lit up a vaporous landscape of Olympia, then the starry night fell on the 2,000 years I had come to recapture.

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Mar 18

Egalitarianism does not arise and is not sustained on its own anywhere but on the playing field.

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Mar 17

Peacefulness and confidence are essential foundations for the youthful civilization of tomorrow, which will be born amidst raging storms.

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Mar 16

Sport is not a luxury pastime, an activity for the leisured few, nor merely a form of muscular compensation for brainwork.

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Mar 15

Modern sports can admit of no other aristocracy than the aristocracy of the muscles.

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Mar 14

Rejoice in humanity that is constantly being reborn. Have faith in it, pour out your energy on it, mix your hopes with its.

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Mar 13

No one has the right to tear something down unless he also provides the outlines for a way to build something in its place.

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Mar 12

The unfortunate thing is not failing, but failing to try.

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Mar 11

In athletics one can seek a marvelous solidification of the human machine, a delicate balance of mind and body, the joy of a more intense life.

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Mar 10

The Olympic Games are the temple of muscular activity in the most widely varied forms possible, though there is no need to assign degrees within some hierarchy of beauty and nobility.

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Mar 09

Sport needs the freedom of excess. That is its essence, its reason for being, the secret of its moral value.

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Mar 08

Because they are individualists, athletes tend to be interested in and to appreciate the performances of their rivals.

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Mar 07

To seek in sport a harmony of the faculties, a calm and happy strength—in this light athletics can best serve a nation and enrich its destiny.

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Mar 06

In truth, the entire work of the Olympics is based on concord—it means erasing the memories of old battles or preventing new ones.

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Mar 05

The practice of athletic exercise does not iron out inequalities in social conditions, but it places relationships on an equal footing.

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Mar 04

If we achieve political freedom but forget social equality, civilization runs the risk of exploding like a boiler without a safety-valve.

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Mar 03

Human society works by the principle of competition; it has always been so, and will remain so.

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Mar 02

The great precepts of tolerance and mutual respect (were) bequeathed to us by the Olympism of the ancients.

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Mar 01

The Games are a festival of youthful activity celebrated by each generation as it arrives on the threshold of adulthood.

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