Pierre de Coubertin Quotes
The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.
Citations
Coubertin, Pierre de. "Speech at the 1908 Olympic Games." Olympism: Selected Writings, edited by Norbert Müller, International Olympic Committee, 2000, p. 574.
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Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin was a French educator and historian, founder of the International Olympic Committee, and its second president. He is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games.