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

The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.

The Olympic Games are not just ordinary world championships but a quadrennial festival of universal youth. . . celebrated by each succeeding generation as it arrives on the threshold of adulthood.

The strength of Olympism comes to it from that which is simply human, hence worldwide is its essence.

The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.

The important thing is that all stages from adolescent to mature man, work is done to spread the sporting spirit.