"I therefore think that I was right in trying from the outset of the Olympic revival to rekindle a religious awareness."

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“Winning medals wasn’t the point of the Olympics. It’s the participating that counts.”

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“The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win, but to take part; the important thing in Life is not triumph, but the struggle; the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. To spread these principles is to build up a strong and more valiant and, above all, more scrupulous and more generous humanity.”

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