"I believe this decision will be a shock for the International Basketball Association and the Soviets," said Wu Ching-kuo, deputy director of the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee, "because no one thought we would make such a straight forward decision. This decision will indirectly change our image in the international sports forum and will prove that our policy is really one which says that politics is politics and sports is sports."
「相信這對國際籃球協會和蘇俄，都產生相當大的衝擊，因為大家都沒想到，我們會作這麼明快的決定」，中華民國奧林匹克委員會副主席吳經國認為，這件事會間接扭轉我國在國際體壇的形象，證明我們的確是「政治的歸政治，體育的歸體育。」