The Creed
"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."
The Olympic Creed - Pierre de Coubertin got the idea for this phrase from a
speech given by Bishop Ethelbert Talbot at a service for Olympic champions
during the 1908 Olympic Games.
The Olympic Motto
The motto in Latin is "Citius, Altius, Fortius" - which translates in English as "Swifter, Higher, Stronger".
In 1921 Pierre de Coubertin borrowed a Latin phrase from his
friend, Father Henri Didon, for the Olympic motto.
