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.

Quote by Avery Brundage

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The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means...

The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means...

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.

The sportsman knows that a sport is a recreation, a game, an amusement and a...

The sportsman knows that a sport is a recreation, a game, an amusement and a...

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.

For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the...

For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the...

Sport is an international phenomenon, like science or music.

Sport is an international phenomenon, like science or music.

The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.

The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just...

I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just...

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you...

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you...

The purpose of a liberal arts education is to learn that a person can like...

The purpose of a liberal arts education is to learn that a person can like...

If all who are engaged in the profession of education were willing to state the...

If all who are engaged in the profession of education were willing to state the...

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

A degree is not an education, and the confusion on this point is perhaps the...

A degree is not an education, and the confusion on this point is perhaps the...

Solving the problems in education are actually simple. All we need is a dedicated society,...

Solving the problems in education are actually simple. All we need is a dedicated society,...

The eagle never lost so much time, as when he submitted to learn of the...

The eagle never lost so much time, as when he submitted to learn of the...

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.

Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.

What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works,...

What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works,...

I don't know any other way to lead but by example.

I don't know any other way to lead but by example.