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PIERRE DE COUBERTIN

FRENCH HISTORIAN AND EDUCATOR, RENOVATOR OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES BORN IN PARIS IN 1863

« THE IMPORTANT IN THE LIFE IS NOT THE TRIUMPH BUT THE FIGHT; THE ESSENTIAL IT IS NOT TO HAVE OVERCOME, BUT TO HAVE FOUGHT WELL »

EVERYONE FEELS AND AGREES HOW MUCH THE TOTAL INDEPENDENCE THAT THIS CONSTITUTION ENSURES US HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR EFFORTS. THE SPORTS COMMUNITIES, WHICH OUR WIDELY

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A NATIONAL COMMITTEE MUST BE SET UP IN EVERY COUNTRY. ITS PURPOSE IS TO ENSURE THE PARTICIPATION OF THAT COUNTRY IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES EVERY FOUR YEARS, UNTIL ITS TURN COMES TO HOLD THEM AT HOME.

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THE MISSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE IS NOT TO HOLD THE OLYMPIC GAMES, BUT TO CAUSE THEM TO BE HELD REGULARLY, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE CONGRESS OF PARIS […]. ONCE THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE THAT WILL RUN THE GAMES IN THE COUNTRY CHOSEN TO HOST THEM HAS BEEN FORMED AND BEGINS ITS WORK, THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE MERELY SUPPORTS IT AS BEST IT CAN, WITHOUT OTHERWISE BECOMING INVOLVED INTO THE DETAILS OF THE OPERATION. SINCE 1894, THOSE WHO WORKED TO RESTORE THE GAMES HAVE INSISTED NOT ONLY THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE TO ALLOW EACH COUNTRY THE GREATEST POSSIBLE LATITUDE IN PREPARING FOR ITS OLYMPIAD, BUT THAT THE RESULTING DIVERSITY IS A PREREQUISITE FOR THE SUCCESS FOR EACH OLYMPIC GAMES

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ATHLETES COMING FROM ALL FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH HAVE A RIGHT TO INSIST ON AS PERFECT AN ORGANIZATION AS POSSIBLE. BUT THERE MUST BE SOMETHING ELSE, TOO. NATIONAL GENIUSES MUST TAKE PART, THE MUSES MUST BE INVOLVED. BEAUTY MUST BE HONORED. THE WHOLE SYSTEM OF POWERFUL SYMBOLISM EMBODIED BY THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN THE PAST MUST FLOURISH, A SYMBOLISM THAT THE GAMES MUST CONTINUE TO REPRESENT TODAY. THOSE WHO FOLLOW AFTER US MUST STRIVE TO CHOOSE SUITABLE APPROACHES. OUR TASK HAS BEEN TO SHOW THE WAY. THIS IS HOW THE OLYMPIC GAMES WILL BECOME WHAT THEY MUST BE, AND ONLY THAT: THE QUADRENNIAL CELEBRATION OF HUMAN SPRINGTIME, AN ORDERED, RHYTHMICAL SPRINGTIME IN WHICH THE RISING SAP REMAINS IN THE SERVICE OF THE SPIRIT.

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[…] SPORT IS NOT A LUXURY PASTIME, AN ACTIVITY FOR THE LEISURED FEW, NOR MERELY A FORM OF MUSCULAR COMPENSATION FOR BRAIN WORK. FOR EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD, IT OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SELF

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INDEED, THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY WHERE GREECE AND FRANCE ALIKE HAVE SO MANY FRIENDS IS WELL VERSED IN THE VARIOUS EXPRESSIONS OF CONTEMPORARY CIVILIZATION. ITS HOSPITALITY IS PROVERBIAL, ITS RENOWN UNIVERSAL. THE WORK OF BALANCE AND BEAUTY THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE HAS STARTED AND DIRECTED THESE PAST TWENTY YEARS WILL CONTINUE PRODUCTIVELY HERE. IN THE PROUD AND INDEPENDENT ATMOSPHERE OF LAUSANNE, OLYMPISM WILL FIND GUARANTEES OF THE FREEDOM IT MUST ENJOY IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD.

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IF THE FRENCH KNEW THE ROLE OF INTELLIGENCE AND WILL, THE PART OF SPIRIT AND CHARACTER IN MOST SPORTS; WITH WHAT ZEST THEY WOULD PUSH THEIR CHILDREN INTO IT!

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THE OLYMPIC GAMES MUST BE HELD ON A STRICTLY ASTRONOMICAL RHYTHM, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE QUADRENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE HUMAN SPRINGTIME, HONOURING THE SUCCESSIVE ARRIVALOF HUMAN GENERATIONS.

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TO CONCLUDE, SPORT IS MERELY AN INDIRECT STIMULUS FOR ETHICS. IN ORDER FOR IT TO BECOME A DIRECT STIMULUS, WE MUST MAKE THE PURPOSE OF SPORT THE CREATION OF A SENSE OF SOLIDARITY, WHICH WILL CAUSE SPORT TO REACH BEYOND ITSELF. THIS IS THE SINE QUA NON FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN SPORT AND ETHICS.

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THE TRUE RELIGION OF THE ANCIENT ATHLETE DID NOT CONSIST OF MAKING SOLEMN SACRIFICES AT THE ALTAR OF ZEUS. THAT WAS MERELY A TRADITIONAL GESTURE. RATHER, IT CONSISTED OF SWEARING AN OATH OF LOYALTY AND SELFLESSNESS AND, ABOVE ALL, IN MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO ADHERE STRICTLY TO THAT OATH. THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS TO TAKE PART IN THE GAMES HAD TO BE PURIFIED, IN SOME SENSE, THROUGH PROFESSING AND PRACTICING THESE VIRTUES. IN THIS WAY, THE MORAL BEAUTY AND THE PROFOUND CONSEQUENCES OF PHYSICAL CULTURE WERE REVEALED.

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THE MOST CEREBRAL PART OF THE GAME

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IN THE MODERN WORLD, FULL OF POWERFUL POSSIBILITIES AND YET ALSO THREATENED BY PERILOUS DECLINE, OLYMPISM CAN BECOME A SCHOOL FOR MORAL NOBILITY AND PURITY AS WELL AS PHYSICAL ENDURANCE AND ENERGY, BUT THIS CAN HAPPEN ONLY IF YOU CONTINUALLY RAISE YOUR CONCEPT OF ATHLETIC HONOR AND IMPARTIALITY TO THE LEVEL OF YOUR MUSCULAR ABILITY. THE FUTURE DEPENDS ON YOU.

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ALL SPORTS FOR ALL PEOPLE, THAT IS THE NEW GOAL TO WHICH WE MUST DEVOTE OUR ENERGIES, A GOAL THAT IS NOT IN THE LEAST IMPRACTICABLE.

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THERE IS ONLY ONE SPORT THAT HAS NOT EXPERIENCED ANY STOPPAGES OR SETBACKS: SOCCER. TO WHAT CAN THIS BE DUE IF NOT TO THE INTRINSIC VALUE OF THE GAME ITSELF, TO THE EMOTIONS IT BRINGS, TO THE INTEREST IT PRESENTS?

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OLYMPISM REMAINS FIRMLY ANCHORED ON SOLID FOUNDATIONS FACING VAST HORIZONS. THAT IS WHY THE TORCH THAT IS EXTINGUISHED HERE WILL BE LIT AGAIN ELSEWHERE; THE WINDS OF THE MOMENT WILL BE ENOUGH TO BLOW THE FLAME RIGHT AROUND THE EARTH.

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BUT WHILE SPORT BUILDS UP, IT ALSO CALMS DOWN. PROVIDED IT REMAINS ACCESSORY AND DOESNOT BECOME A GOAL IN ITSELF, IT HELPS CREATE ORDER AND CLARIFY THOUGHT.

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EMULATION IS THE ESSENCE OF SOCCER.

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IN OUR VIEW, THE OLYMPIC IDEA IS THE CONCEPT OF STRONG PHYSICAL CULTURE BASED IN PART ON THE SPIRIT OF CHIVALRY – WHAT YOU HERE SO PLEASANTLY CALL FAIR PLAY – AND IN PART ON THE ESTHETIC IDEA OF THE CULT OF WHAT IS BEAUTIFUL AND GRACEFUL.

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IN ORDER TO ACT UPON YOUTH IT IS NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND ITS ARDENT DESIRE TO LIVE, AND IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THIS, IT IS NECESSARY TO PROFESS THE CULT ONESELF TO THE UTMOST.

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A MAN WHO IS UNINTELLIGENT OR SIMPLY SLOW IN HIS UNDERSTANDING WILL NEVER BECOME A GOOD FOOTBALLER.

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THERE CAN BE NOTHING OLYMPIC OUTSIDE THE CONTACT AND COOPERATION OF THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF SPORTS, UNITED ON A FOOTING OF TOTAL EQUALITY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF HUMANITY.

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MALE YOUTH LACKED NEITHER HEALTH NOR COURAGE, BUT IT DID LACK DRIVE AND PASSION. […]. WHAT IT LACKED WAS THE GARDEN TO CULTIVATE THE WILL THAT ORGANIZED SPORTS PROVIDE.

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THE IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE IS NOT THE TRIUMPH, BUT THE STRUGGLE. THE IMPORTANT THING IS NOT TO HAVE WON, BUT TO HAVE FOUGHT WELL.

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WHAT IS OLYMPIC IS UNIVERSAL

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LIFE IS SIMPLE, BECAUSE STRUGGLE IS SIMPLE. A GOOD FIGHTER PULLS BACK, BUT DOES NOT GIVE UP. HE YIELDS, BUT HE NEVER GIVES IN. WHEN FACED WITH THE IMPOSSIBLE, HE CHANGES COURSE AND GOES AHEAD. IF HIS BREATH GIVES OUT, HE RESTS AND HE WAITS. IF HE HAS BEEN KNOCKED OUT OF THE FIGHT, HE ENCOURAGES HIS BROTHERS WITH HIS WORDS AND HIS PRESENCE. EVEN WHEN EVERYTHING COMES TUMBLING DOWN AROUND HIM, HE NEVER DESPAIRS.

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SUCCESS IS NOT A GOAL BUT A MEANS TO A HIGHER GOAL.

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OLYMPISM IS A DESTROYER OF DIVIDING WALLS. IT CALLS FOR AIR AND LIGHT FOR ALL. IT ADVOCATES A BROAD

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THE EMBLEM SELECTED TO ILLUSTRATE AND REPRESENT THE 1914 WORLD CONGRESS WHICH WAS TO PLACE THE FINAL SEAL ON THE RESTORATION OF THE OLYMPICS BEGAN TO APPEAR ON VARIOUS PRELIMINARY DOCUMENTS: FIVE RINGS LINKED AT REGULAR INTERVALS, THEIR VARIOUS COLORS — BLUE, YELLOW, BLACK, GREEN AND RED — STANDING OUT AGAINST THE WHITE OF THE PAPER. THESE FIVE RINGS REPRESENT THE FIVE PARTS OF THE WORLD NOW WON OVER TO OLYMPISM, READY TO ACCEPT ITS FRUITFUL RIVALRIES. IN ADDITION, THE SIX COLORS COMBINED IN THIS WAY REPRODUCE THE COLORS OF EVERY COUNTRY WITHOUT EXCEPTION. THE BLUE AND YELLOW OF SWEDEN, THE BLUE AND WHITE OF GREECE, THE TRICOLOR FLAGS OF FRANCE, ENGLAND, THE UNITED STATES, GERMANY, BELGIUM, ITALY AND HUNGARY, AND THE YELLOW AND RED OF SPAIN ARE INCLUDED, AS ARE THE INNOVATIVE FLAGS OF BRAZIL AND AUSTRALIA, AND THOSE OF ANCIENT JAPAN AND MODERN CHINA. THIS, TRULY, IS AN INTERNATIONAL EMBLEM. IT WAS MADE TO BE TURNED INTO A FLAG, AND THE LOOK OF THE FLAG WOULD BE PERFECT. IT IS A LIGHT, APPEALING FLAG, A DELIGHT TO SEE FLUTTERING IN THE WIND. ITS MEANING IS LARGELY SYMBOLIC. ITS SUCCESS IS ASSURED, TO THE POINT THAT AFTER THE CONGRESS IT CAN CONTINUE TO BE RAISED ON SOLEMN OLYMPIC OCCASIONS.

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SEE FAR, SPEAK OUT, ACT FIRM.

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A THOUSAND TIMES MORE REGRETTABLE THAN PUNCHES THROWN BY YOUTH ARE THE SWORD THRUSTS OF MEN.

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THIS WAS THE FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE OF THE OLYMPIC FLAG, A GREAT MANY OF WHICH HAD BEEN MADE, AND IT WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS [THE SORBONNE, 1914]. ALL WHITE WITH THE FIVE INTERLACED RINGS: BLUE, YELLOW, BLACK, GREEN, RED, IT SYMBOLIZED THE FIVE PARTS OF THE WORLD UNITED BY OLYMPISM AND REPRODUCED THE COLOURS OF ALL COUNTRIES.

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SPORT SEEKS FEAR TO DOMINATE IT, FATIGUE TO TRIUMPH OVER IT, DIFFICULTY TO OVERCOME IT.

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ONCE AGAIN, IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF CAUSING FIGHTING TO DISAPPEAR, BUT RATHER THE PARADE OF FOLLY THAT ACCOMPANIES MODER WAR.

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CITIUS, ALTIUS, FORTIUS. FASTER, HIGHER, STRONGER. THAT IS THE MOTTO OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE, AND THE FUNDAMENTAL REASON FOR THE EXISTENCE OF ANY FORM OF OLYMPISM.

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EVERY DIFFICULTY ENCOUNTERED MUST BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW PROGRESS.

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YOU FORGE HAPPY BONDS BETWEEN THE PEOPLES BY DRAWING THEM TOGETHER IN REVERENCE FOR STRENGTH WHICH IS CONTROLLED, ORGANISED AND SELFDISCIPLINED. THROUGH YOU THE YOUNG OF ALL THE WORLD LEARN TO RESPECT ONE ANOTHER, AND THUS THE DIVERSITY OF NATIONAL TRAITS BECOMES A SOURCE OF GENEROUS AND PEACEFUL EMULATION

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LAST SUNDAY [19TH OF JULY 1908], AT THE CEREMONY HELD AT THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. PAUL IN HONOUR OF THE ATHLETES, THE BISHOP OF PENNSYLVANIA RECALLED THIS IN APT TERMS: IN THESE OLYMPIADS, THE IMPORTANT THING IS NOT WINNING, BUT TAKING PART. GENTLEMEN, LET US REMEMBER THIS STRONG STATEMENT. IT APPLIES TO EVERY ENDEAVOR, AND CAN EVEN BE TAKEN AS THE BASIS OF A SERENE AND HEALTHY PHILOSOPHY. THE IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE IS NOT THE TRIUMPH, BUT THE FIGHT; THE ESSENTIAL THING IS NOT TO HAVE WON, BUT TO HAVE FOUGHT WELL. TO SPREAD THESE PRECEPTS IS TO HELP CREATE A MORE VALIANT, STRONGER HUMANITY, ONE THAT IS ALSO MORE SCRUPULOUS AND MORE GENEROUS.

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THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO PARTICIPATE.

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ART ENLIGHTENS THE INTELLIGENCE, CAPTIVATES THOUGHT, AND INCITES AMBITION.

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AN INDIVIDUAL OATH REQUIRED OF ALL ATHLETES WILL BE THE BEST WAY TO PLACE ATHLETIC COMPETITIONS BACK UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE HONOUR SYSTEM.

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SPORTS HAVE MADE ALL THE QUALITIES THAT ARE USED IN WAR FLOURISH: CARELESSNESS, GOOD HUMOR, HABITUATION TO THE UNEXPECTED, EXACT NOTION OF THE EFFORT TO BE MADE WITHOUT SPENDING USELESS FORCES.

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THE SEEDS OF ART ARE MYSTERIOUS, FULL OF CAPRICE AND ODDITY. THEY EXPERIENCE SUDDEN GROWTH SPURTS AND LONG PERIODS OF DORMANCY, SUPERFICIAL SPEED AND FRUITFUL DELAYS.

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[…] THE SECRET OF SUCCESS DOES NOT LIE MERELY IN THE TECHNICAL PREPARATION GIVEN BUT ABOVE ALL IN THE MENTAL ATTITUDE OF THE MEN, TOGETHER WITH THE FIRM MORAL RESOLUTION WHICH INSPIRES THEM.

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STRONGER, HIGHER, FASTER.

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YOU ARE AWARE OF THE METHOD I USED TO INTRODUCE ATHLETICS INTO FRENCH HIGH SCHOOLS: BY BREAKING DOWN THE DOORS, OR RATHER BY HAVING THEM BE BROKEN DOWN FROM THE INSIDE, BY THE SCHOOL CHILDREN.

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IN LIFE, BALANCE IS A RESULT, NOT A GOAL, A REWARD RATHER THAN SOMETHING TO BE SOUGHT OUT. IT IS NOT ACHIEVED BY TAKING EVERY POSSIBLE PRECAUTION BUT BY ALTERNATING ONE’S EFFORTS.

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SPORT SEEKS OUT FEAR TO DOMINATE IT, FATIGUE TO TRIUMPH OVER IT, DIFFICULTY TO OVERCOME IT.

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FOR EVERY HUNDRED WHO ENGAGE IN PHYSICAL CULTURE, FIFTY MUST ENGAGE IN SPORTS. FOR EVERY FIFTY WHO ENGAGE IN SPORTS, TWENTY MUST SPECIALIZE. FOR EVERY TWENTY WHO SPECIALIZE, FIVE MUST BE CAPABLE OF ASTONISHING FEATS.

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THEY WILL TAKE AN OATH, EVERY WORD OF WHICH COMMITS THEM, BINDS THEM IN THE NAME OF HONOUR. THEN THEY WILL GIVE IT THEIR ALL, I AM SURE.

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[…] THE OLYMPIC GAMES ARE NOT JUST ORDINARY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BUT A FOUR

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THAT IS WHY SPORT IS SUCH AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT IN MODERN PROGRESS.

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IT IS IMPORTANT THAT AT EVERY STAGE, FROM ADOLESCENCE THROUGH MATURITY, MEN STRIVE TO SPREAD THE ATHLETIC SPIRIT THAT CONSISTS OF SPONTANEOUS LOYALTY AND CHIVALROUS SELFLESSNESS.

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