Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin was a French pedagogue and historian who is best known as the founder of the International Olympic Committee.
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“The Olympic Movement gives the world an ideal which reckons with the reality of life, and includes a possibility to guide this reality toward the great Olympic Idea.”
Pierre de Coubertin
“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.”
“Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes.”
“The important thing is that all stages from adolescent to mature man, work is done to spread the sporting spirit.”
“In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty.”
“The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.”
“Festival of the impassioned efforts and manifold ambitions of all forms of youthful activity of every generation springing from the threshold of life.”
“The strength of Olympism comes to it from that which is simply human, hence worldwide is its essence.”
“Olympism is not a system - it is a state of mind. This state of mind has emerged from a double cult: that of effort and that of Eurythmy - a taste of excess and a taste of measure combined.”
“The six colours, including the white background, represent the colours of all the world's flags... this is a true international emblem.”