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Rugby Union Match Official Inspirational Quotes (40)

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The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.
Pierre de Coubertin
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I could give 48 penalties in every match if I wanted to. It is a question of sometimes choosing what is - in your own mind - of material importance and what isn't, what might be a crucial potential penalty and what might not be.
Alan Lewis
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Coaches will do what they can but it doesn't necessarily bother me. You are an international referee for a reason. If things like that are going to ruffle your feathers, don't bother doing the job.
Alan Lewis
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My job is to persuade people to toe the line and play within the laws of the game.
Alan Lewis
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For each individual, sport is a possible source for inner improvement
Pierre de Coubertin
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The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.
Pierre de Coubertin
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All sports for all people.
Pierre de Coubertin
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The important thing in life is not victory but combat it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.
Pierre de Coubertin
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The essential thing in life is not so much conquering as fighting well.
Pierre de Coubertin
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The strength of Olympism comes to it from that which is simply human, hence worldwide is its essence.
Pierre de Coubertin
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The heart of our problem is the selfishness in our heart. The human spirit soars with hope when lifted by an encouraging word. The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.
Pierre de Coubertin
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Failure comes when you don’t listen. You can’t put something out there and assume it’s great. It’s up to us to make sure we’re listening to improve our chances for success-if not this time, next time.
Alan Lewis
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All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.
Pierre de Coubertin
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The scrum and the tackle are the two really contentious areas of the game. If you get those two aspects right, most rugby matches will work in your favour.
Alan Lewis
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The six colors, including the white background, represent the colors of all the world's flags ... this is a true international emblem.
Pierre de Coubertin
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Olympism... exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, mind and will.
Pierre de Coubertin
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Olympism is not a system - it is a state of mind. This state of mind has emerged from a double cult: that of effort and that of Eurythmy - a taste of excess and a taste of measure combined.
Pierre de Coubertin
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The objective of a referee is not to get mentioned. I tell a lot of young referees that not being mentioned is king. If you can achieve that, that then it has been a pretty good game.
Alan Lewis
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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.
Pierre de Coubertin
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Coaches do so much research about a referee because they believe refereeing is such a crucial part of the game that the result may hinge on what we say or do. They probably know more about me than I know myself!
Alan Lewis
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The Olympic Movement gives the world an ideal which reckons with the reality of life, and includes a possibility to guide this reality toward the great Olympic Idea.
Pierre de Coubertin
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I therefore think that I was right in trying from the outset of the Olympic revival to rekindle a religious awareness.
Pierre de Coubertin
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A better world could be brought about only by better individuals.
Pierre de Coubertin
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Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law.
Pierre de Coubertin
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