Avery Brundage Quotes

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

Art, Long, Games

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

Work, Money, Playing

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

Music, Science, Phenomenon

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

Sports, Played, Amateur

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

Education, Sports, End

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

Life, Education, Important

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: September 28, 1887

Died: May 8, 1975

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