Avery Brundage Quotes


"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
(Related: Education, Sports, People, End, Games)

"As soon as you take money for playing sport, it isn't sport, it's work."
- Avery Brundage
(Related: Money, Work)

"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
(Related: Art, Games, World)

"Sport is an international phenomenon, like science or music."
- Avery Brundage
(Related: Music, Science)

"Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment."
- Avery Brundage
(Related: Sports, Entertainment)