The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.
- Olympic Creed

I’ve been a huge Olympics junkie ever since the 1984 Los Angeles Games in my home state of California. I think maybe the Team USA site sums it up perfectly for me when talking about Olympic values and the Games: