The Olympic spirit is the essence of the Olympic movement. The Olympic Charter points out that the Olympic spirit is the spirit of mutual understanding, friendship, unity and fair competition. Usually it includes the principles of participation, competition, justice, friendship and struggle. "The principle of participation is the first principle of the Olympic spirit, and participation is the foundation. Without participation, there would be no Olympic ideals, principles and purposes." The motto "Participation is more important than winning" was first put forward by an American bishop. 1908 When the 4th Olympic Games was held in London, Coubertin quoted this sentence. Later, Coubertin also said in his speech at the 1936 Olympic Games: "The important thing in the Olympic Games is not victory, but participation; The essence of life is not to take, but to struggle. "This principle has been widely accepted by athletes and the masses all over the world. The principle of competition shows that the Olympic movement is a social activity that advocates challenge and competition. Competition is the basic form of the Olympic movement and one of the basic forms to promote the progress of human society. In the competition, human beings have the courage to challenge the world's strong players and advanced levels, constantly surpass themselves and others, develop, innovate and make progress. The principle of justice is the code of conduct for participating in Olympic competition. The Olympic spirit contains the contents of justice, equality and justice. It recognizes all the advantages that conform to the principle of justice, spurns and denies all the behaviors that are not in line with moral norms. The principle of justice makes the Olympic spirit have great charm. The principle of friendship is the purpose of the Olympic movement. The Olympic movement is not only a simple sports activity, but its highest goal is to bring people from different countries, races, languages and religions together through sports activities, so that everyone can communicate with each other, enhance understanding and friendship, and then achieve the goal of unity, peace and progress in the world. The principle of struggle is the soul of Olympic spirit. The spirit of struggle is an important quality for human beings to thrive and prosper, and it is the greatest and most praiseworthy internal strength of human beings. The struggle in the stadium is a microcosm of human struggle. The Olympic spirit requires people to have indomitable enterprising spirit and heroic spirit to overcome all difficulties.

Sports is one of human cultural phenomena. President Samaranch said that the Olympic movement is culture plus sports. The Olympic spirit is the essential content of the cultural ideology of the Olympic Movement. The achievements and records of human competitive sports are a part of social culture. In the process of accumulation, renewal and creation of this part of social culture, the Olympic movement has played an important role, and many historical records that condense human wisdom and physical fitness are mostly established through the Olympic Games. The Olympic movement belongs to all mankind, and only by truly understanding the Olympic spirit can human beings truly own it.