Richard W. Pound

“If you're a cheat, you're a cheat. You're not a hero.”

“We're not in the business of catching people; we're in the business of protecting clean athletes.”

“The Olympic Movement is a 20th-century idea. In fact, it's a 19th-century idea.”

“The IOC is a pretty conservative organization. We don't like to rock the boat.”

“There's a level of arrogance in some sports federations that is simply breathtaking.”

“This is a war. It's not a game.”

“The moment you have a certain degree of power, people will try to corrupt you.”

“You can say, 'This is nonsense,' but at some point, the pile of nonsense gets so high that you can't ignore it anymore.”

“Sport is an international language.”

“There's an old expression, follow the money. If you want to know what's going on, follow the money.”

“My view has always been that you can't be half-pregnant. You're either in or you're out.”

“What happens is that if you have a lot of money, you can get the best lawyers and you can intimidate the other side.”

“We are at risk of being seen as either incompetent or corrupt, and either of those is fatal to a worldwide sports movement.”

“The single biggest threat to the future of sport is doping.”

“If sport is to be a value-based enterprise, then we have to be sure that we are not sending mixed messages.”