"The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete."

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"The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete."

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"May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue its way through ages, increasing friendly understanding among nations, for the good of a humanity always more enthusiastic, more courageous and more pure."

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"Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law."

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