“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.”

About Pierre de Coubertin

Educator • French

Pierre de Coubertin was a French educator and historian, and the founder of the International Olympic Committee. He is considered the father of the modern Olympic Games, reviving the ancient tradition in 1896. Coubertin...