Brian France Quotes

As I got further into my career, as a character of color, if I was going to have the types of opportunities I felt I deserved, and continue to have them, I was going to have to start creating those opportunities for myself.

I had no need to apologize that the look-wider, search-more affirmative action that Princeton and Yale practiced had opened doors for me. That was its purpose: to create the conditions whereby students from disadvantaged backgrounds could be brought to the starting line of a race many were unaware was even being run.

Like any director working today, I started out when somebody took a shot at hiring me. It's how we all start out - male, female, white or minority.

You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, “you are free to compete with all the others”, and still justly believe that you have been completely fair. Thus it is not enough just to open the gates of opportunity. All our citizens must have the ability to walk through the those gates.

I don't have one role that I want to play. I guess... I want to be a producer. I want to be an activist. I want to be proactive in bringing about work for men, women, boys, girls, everybody who is good at what they do and deserve a shot at it.

I can't really speak to the other parts of the economy, but what I think is very true of the tech world is that it's easy for talented people - whatever their gender, age, or race - to rise up and succeed.

The promise of the American Dream requires that we are all provided an equal opportunity to participate in and contribute to our nation.

All children should have equal opportunities.

It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV.

We can and must take needed action in all our programs to assure equal treatment and equal opportunity in their benefits to all of our citizens irrespective of race, color or creed.

If you win, if you make money. If you do quality work, then other people of color, whatever color that is, can get in the door.

American greatness can be further unlocked if opportunity is expanded to all people within its borders.

Everyone in the street where I grew up was given the same message: You can be anything; you can do anything. That wasn't extraordinary; that was ordinary for us. My folks didn't believe in black exceptionalism. There's nothing exceptional about 'You can have that, too' - except when it comes to justice. You can't have that.

Changing the dialogue and behaviors around race and equality in sports starts with removing barriers and creating opportunities.

In the United States these days, 'diversity' is a big word and a buzzword.

I ended Affirmative Action by executive order and replaced it with a leadership model that created more opportunities for African-American and Hispanic students.

Ultimately, when you're out on track with your helmet on, nobody can see the driver. Nobody can judge you on what you look like if your hair is long or short, if you're black or you're white, if you're male or female. All that matters is your performance.

I'm black, so I should be able to play a 'thug?' No. Hello. Open your mind. I'm a person that believes in breaking barriers.

My grandmother probably never thought she would see a day where, you know, a young black woman would be seen as a leader, which is incredible.

I have worked with President Trump for two years and he is not a racist. He is a compassionate man whose policies have focused on the minority community.

When I signed for Spurs, I was the only black player in the team.

We need specific work on race equality programmes and programmes targeted at helping those who are yet to fulfil their potential.

Spike Lee really gave us a platform, men and women of color.

I think that everybody should have the same opportunities.

I've not just played for England. I've done it for all the black players out there - to prove that they can do it.