For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and fine art. Avery Brundage More Quotes by Avery Brundage More Quotes From Avery Brundage Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment. Avery Brundage entertainmentsports The Olympic Games belong to the athletes and not to the politicians. Avery Brundage politicianathletegames The Olympic Movement is a 20th century religion. Where there is no injustice of caste, of race, of family, of wealth. Avery Brundage movementracereligion Sport is an international phenomenon, like science or music. Avery Brundage phenomenonolympicssports The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast program of physical education and sports competitions for all young people. Avery Brundage gamessportsmean As soon as you take money for playing sport, it isn't sport, it's work. Avery Brundage playing-sportssports The sportsman knows that a sport is a recreation, a game, an amusement and a pastime, but his eyes are fixed on a higher goal, on the most important thing in his life, which is his education or his vocation. Avery Brundage eyegamessports The ancient Greeks kept women athletes out of their games. They wouldn't even let them on the sidelines. I'm not sure but that they were right. Avery Brundage greekathletegames The 880-yard heel and toe walk is the closest a man can come to experiencing the panges of childbirth. Avery Brundage yardsinspirationalmen The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast programme of physical education and sports competitions for all young people. Avery Brundage endeducationsportspeople
