34 Quotes by Richard Attias

Sport is a great equalizer that can build bridges, transcend borders and cultures, and render even the fiercest conflicts temporarily irrelevant

Not only do African students deserve excellent universities, they deserve good elementary and secondary schools, too - and then, to have access to ongoing vocational and job training to ensure their skills remain as relevant as possible to African organizations.

Sporting achievements bestow a sense of unification on the cultures and societies in which they take place and create an outpouring of nationalism and pride.

Sport allows us to engage in dialogue and to build bridges, and it may even have the capacity to reshape international relations. The Olympic Games embody perfectly this universal mission.

Africa's informal economy is one of the most innovative and inventive environments in the world. Yet it is an environment with little regulation in which workers are often exposed to hard conditions and live without a safety net.

If women are the key to Africa's future - and I believe they are - we must figure out how to take away the barriers to their participation.

Sport is and should remain a great school of life that supports young people in their personal development. It teaches respect for others and also for oneself.

Sport is one of the few spaces where people can learn about different cultures in a spirit of trust and friendship.

Obesity is a problem that nearly every nation in the world is facing, but there is much that we can do to fix it.