Author: Avery Brundage

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

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

- 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.

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

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

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

- 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.

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

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