Pierre de Coubertin Quotes

France, Leader
January 1, 1863 – September, 2, 1937.

Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (born just Pierre de Frédy; 1 January 1863 – 2 September 1937, also known as Pierre de Coubertin and Baron de Coubertin) was a French educator and historian, and founder of the International Olympic Committee, as well as its second President.

Also known as Educator, Historian

In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty.

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- Loyalty
All sports for all people.

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- People
- Sports

The Games were created for the glorification of the individual champion.

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- Champion
All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

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- Sports
- Equality
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 enthusiastic, more courageous and more pure.

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- Good
- May
- Joy
Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort.

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- Effort
Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes.

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- Men
For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment.

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- Religious

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

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Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

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- History