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Pierre de Coubertin

For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment.

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Pierre de Coubertin felt a deep, almost sacred devotion to sport, treating it with the same seriousness and passion that people reserve for their faith. He experienced a strong emotional connection to sport, similar to the feelings one has in religious worship.

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