Jacques Rogge Quotes on Committees (5 Quotes)

Dear Organizing Committee, friends and partners, you have succeeded brilliantly in meeting your challenge. These were truly magnificent Games. We say a heartfelt thank you to Italy, Piedmont and Turin.

Our world today is in need of peace, tolerance and brotherhood. The values of the Olympic Games can deliver these to us. May the Games be held in peace, in the true spirit of the Olympic Truce. Athletes of the 80 national Olympic committees, show us that sport unites by overcoming national, political, religious and language barriers. You can show us a world we all long for.

We remain with our zero tolerance policy, so that the fight against doping remains the very first priority of the International Olympic Committee.

The International Olympic Committee is absolutely clear that it wants full respect for human rights. I think we have proved that very clearly in the past.

This has been reduced to just one single body - The International Olympic committee.