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

Topics: Education Quotes, Sports Quotes

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...

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...

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.

Sport is an international phenomenon, like science or music.

Sport is an international phenomenon, like science or music.

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.

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...

The liturgy, like the feast, exists not to educate but to seduce people into participating...

The liturgy, like the feast, exists not to educate but to seduce people into participating...

The fountain of information lies at your fingertips and is accessible anywhere at anytime and...

The fountain of information lies at your fingertips and is accessible anywhere at anytime and...

Grades are a problem. On the most general level, they're an explicit acknowledgment that what...

Grades are a problem. On the most general level, they're an explicit acknowledgment that what...

If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way...

If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way...

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

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

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our...

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our...

If teaching has any purpose, it is to implant true insight and responsibility. Education must...

If teaching has any purpose, it is to implant true insight and responsibility. Education must...

I will now teach my son Increase (and others of my children) the way of...

I will now teach my son Increase (and others of my children) the way of...

If I was educated, I'd be a damn fool.

If I was educated, I'd be a damn fool.

A college education shows a man how little other people know.

A college education shows a man how little other people know.

When we escaped from Cuba, all we could carry was our education.

When we escaped from Cuba, all we could carry was our education.

Any minute, any day, some players may break a long standing record. That's one of...

Any minute, any day, some players may break a long standing record. That's one of...