The Olympic spirit was put forward by Coubertin. The purpose of the Olympic spirit is to promote people's spiritual development, so as to cultivate people with all-round development. Its original intention is to educate people, forge people's character, cultivate people's morality and develop the ideal of "beauty and health" in ancient Greece. It expects to build a society without any discrimination, cultivate sincere ideals, cooperation and friendship between people, and recognize the honor of fair competition under equal conditions.

Coubertin believes that the Olympic spirit is an international system, which is completely independent. Therefore, from the beginning, he did not allow any other factors from politics, economy or society to interfere with it. Therefore, an independent International Olympic Committee was established to ensure the realization of Olympic ideals and principles. The Olympic movement is the main activity form of the Olympic spirit. Regardless of gender, age, sports level, it is open to all social classes. Including all sports and competitions. The purpose of the Olympic movement is participation, which is also the purpose of the Olympic spirit. All sports activities are an integral part of the Olympic Movement.

The Olympic movement is open to the public. Its goal is not to let a few people win gold medals, but to provide opportunities for all people, so that people of different ages and sexes can participate in physical exercise. Its slogan is "sports for all". The Olympic Games is another highest form of the Olympic spirit. Among hundreds of millions of people who take part in sports, only a few excellent people can take part in the Olympic Games. However, like the Olympic Movement, it is a school that studies and practices the Olympic spirit.

The Olympic Movement and the Olympic Games ensure the popularization and realization of the Olympic spirit, so they are an organic whole and inseparable.