Motto “Citius, Altius, Fortius”

The motto of the Olympic Movement consists of three latin words – “Citius, Altius, Fortius” – which mean faster, higher, stronger. It was used it to encourage pupils in their sporting endeavours.
The Olympic motto sums up the attitude an athlete has to have in order to achieve his or her objective. Athletes have to push themselves in order to reach and surpass their goals. The idea is not so much to finish first, but to explore one’s potential, to give the best of oneself and to treat this as a victory in itself.

In this sense, the Olympic motto does not just apply to Antillean athletes. It applies equally to ordinary men and women in their everyday lives in the Netherlands Antilles.