For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment.
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Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes.
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Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.
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If he is knocked out of the competition, he encourages his brothers with his words and presence.
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The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.
Pierre de Coubertin
Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort.
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