In this moment, I have to be at the head of the International Olympic Committee more than ever, ... I have to try to help to solve these problems.

[Overhearing this, the former head of the International Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch, replied,] Who was that, Coe? ... Since he got the Games, he's been making friends with everyone.

He is president of an organization that has 114 members of which a handful committed improper acts.

We are very grateful to the authorities concerned, and also for their excellent response in the security measures that have been taken,

These members have done great harm to the Olympic ideal. Now the greatest service to the Olympic movement is simply to accept their fate,

Throughout its history, the international Olympic Committee has struggled to spread its ideal of fraternity, friendship, peace and universal understanding.