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Selected quote 1
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| “ | The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. | ” |
| — Pierre de Coubertin, reviver of the Olympic Games | ||
Selected quote 2
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| “ | The six colors, including the white background, represent the colors of all the world's flags ... this is a true international emblem. | ” |
| — Pierre de Coubertin, reviver of the Olympic Games | ||
Selected quote 3
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| “ | I touched the wall and all my dreams, hopes and ambitions basically coalesced into one moment. | ” |
| — Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer, on winning Olympic gold and setting a world record in Seoul 1988 | ||
Selected quote 4
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| “ | The road to the Olympics, leads to no city, no country. It goes far beyond New York or Moscow, ancient Greece or Nazi Germany. The road to the Olympics leads — in the end — to the best within us. | ” |
| — Jesse Owens, African-American athlete, winner of 4 Gold medals in the 1936 Summer Olympics. | ||
Selected quote 5
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| “ | The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast program of physical education and sports competitions for all young people. | ” |
| — Avery Brundage, The fifth President of the International Olympic Committee | ||
Selected quote 6
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| “ | I hope that this medal inspires the kids at home to put down guns and knives and pick up a pair of trainers instead. | ” |
| — Erick Barrondo, Guatemalan racewalker, on winning Guatemala's first Olympic medal in London 2012 | ||
Selected quote 7
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| “ | I have always had a dream to take part in an Olympic Games, and losing my leg didn't change anything. | ” |
| — Natalie du Toit, South African swimmer, a Paralympians who compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||