As the understanding of universal kinship and global perspective expands, humans will increasingly approach the being that our Creator chose to bestow His breath upon. Therefore, pessimism and gloom are an affront to our God, as they demonstrate a lack of faith and trust. Especially we Greeks, who wish to be heirs of the founders of all basic sciences and guardians of Orthodoxy, must also be champions of optimism, confident that as a nation and as spiritual leaders of the entire world, we will stand upright, because we know better than anyone the gifts of EXERCISE, the SPIRIT OF COMPETITION, ATHLETICS, OLYMPISM, and CULTURE. [Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]