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

Sport is an international phenomenon, like science or music.

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

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

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

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

The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast program of physical education and sports competitions for all young people.