Pierre de Coubertin
Pierre de Coubertin
Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertinwas a French educator and historian, and founder of the International Olympic Committee. He is considered the father of the modern Olympic Games. Born into a French aristocratic family, he became an academic and studied a broad range of topics, most notably education and history...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionLeader
Date of Birth1 January 1863
CountryFrance
Pierre de Coubertin quotes about
sports men class
Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes.
sports luxury way
In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.
sports class youth
Sport must be accessible to working class youth.
sports men heritage
Sport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be compensated for.
sports equality bases
All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.
sports law decline
Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law.
thinking vanity effort
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.
sports country people
A country can truly call itself sporting when the majority of its people feel a personal need for sport.
ordinary-world games generations
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.
sports effort cultivation
Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort.
sports religious sentimental
For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment.
olympics essentials olympic-spirit
The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well.
french-leader life
The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.
created french-leader
The Games were created for the glorification of the individual champion.