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 Copy Share Image
The Olympic Movement is a 20th century religion. Where there is no injustice of caste, of race, of family, of wealth. — Avery Brundage Copy Share Image
The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast program of physical education and… — Avery Brundage Copy Share Image
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… — Avery Brundage Copy Share Image
The 880-yard heel and toe walk is the closest a man can come to experiencing the panges of childbirth. — Avery Brundage Copy Share Image
The sportsman knows that a sport is a recreation, a game, an amusement and a pastime, but his eyes are fixed on a higher… — Avery Brundage Copy Share Image
Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment. — Avery Brundage Copy Share Image
The Olympic Games belong to the athletes and not to the politicians. — Avery Brundage Copy Share Image
As soon as you take money for playing sport, it isn't sport, it's work. — Avery Brundage Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
