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

The Olympic Games belong to the athletes and not to the politicians.

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

Sport is an international phenomenon, like science or music.

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.

For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and fine art.

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