To be absolutely precise, it is a matter of recognising that sport is rooted in the everyday practice of millions of men, women and children, in the commitment of hundreds of thousands of volunteers; that it is an irreplaceable instrument of informal education, of social inclusion, of access to citizenship; that sport is, above all, a means by which the individual can grow and flourish and can encounter other people in a spirit of mutual respect.
Det drejer sig således meget præcist om at anerkende, at millioner af mænd, kvinder og unge dyrker sport hver dag, og at der er involveret hundredtusindvis af frivillige, at sport er et uerstatteligt værktøj i forbindelse med opdragelse, integration i samfundet og adgang til borgerskabet, og at den således frem for alt er et middel til individuel udfoldelse og samvær med respekt for andre.