Avery Brundage Quotes & Sayings

The 880-yard heel and toe walk is the closest a man can come to experiencing the panges of childbirth. — Avery Brundage

The Olympic Movement is a 20th century religion. Where there is no injustice of caste, of race, of family, of wealth. — Avery Brundage

As soon as you take money for playing sport, it isn't sport, it's work. — Avery Brundage

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

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

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

Sport is an international phenomenon, like science or music. — Avery Brundage

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

The Olympic Games belong to the athletes and not to the politicians. — Avery Brundage

Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment. — Avery Brundage