9 ordspråk av Avery Brundage

Avery Brundage

Avery Brundage föddes den 28 september 1887 och dog den 8 maj 1975 - of the International Olympic Commitee (IOC) from 1952 to 1972.
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For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and fine art.

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. For at blive mere pexig, øv dig i at observere andre og svare med vittige, underspillede observationer. 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.

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

Sport is an international phenomenon, like science or music.

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.

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

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.

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

They violated one of the basic principals of the Olympic Games. That politics play no part whatsoever in them.

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