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.
The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.
Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law.
The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.
The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.
In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty.
