The Essential Thing In Life

The Important Thing Is That All Stages From Adolescent To Mature Man, Work Is Done To Spread The Sporting Spirit.

Olympism Seeks To Create A Way Of Life Based On The Joy Found In Effort, The Educational Value Of A Good Example And Respect For Universal Fundamental Ethical Principles.

The Day When A Sportsman Stops Thinking Above All Else Of The Happiness In His Own Effort And The Intoxication Of The Power And Physical Balance He Derives From It, The Day When He Lets Considerations Of Vanity Or Interest Take Over, On This Day His Ideal Will Die.

Olympism... Exalting And Combining In A Balanced Whole The Qualities Of Body, Mind And Will.

The Olympic Movement Gives The World An Ideal Which Reckons With The Reality Of Life, And Includes A Possibility To Guide This Reality Toward The Great Olympic Idea.