In 1891, five years before the start of the modern Olympic (lames, a Dominican priest named Henri Didon, Prior of Areueil College in France, spoke to his students at a sports club meeting. Didon taught that an athlete is not a true success until the athlete has tried the utmost to perform faster, higher, and stronger than his or her previous performances. Such was the original meaning of C'itiits, Allius, Fortius, the Latin translation ol "laster, higher, stronger," which he used to end his speech. To Didon, the athlete's antagonist was the athlete's own self.
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