“The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort... the day when he lets himself be concerned by the profit... on this day he will have sold his soul.”

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...