Brian France Quotes

And there is such a thing as a decathlon high. It's like a rock rolling down hill, picking up momentum. You get better and better.

I am stronger than I was last year. I am throwing the ball better now in May of 2013 than I did in May of 2012 - significantly better. I got better throughout the season.

I have progressed well since switching my training to Loughborough, and I feel I still have another 30% of progress left in me before my peak.

As a cricketer - or any sportsperson, for that matter - you like yourself to be tested and get better all the time.

In every sector of business, it's really hard to build something where you can get on a good run. In sports, it's even harder because you only have a small window for an athletic career.

You want to grow. To compete effectively - - even if you weren't going to grow, just to maintain your position - - you look at who you're competing with. And everyone you're competing with is changing to get better, sometimes dramatically.

In the private sector, there is always innovation. There's always change. There's always improving productivity, and if you're not leading that, you'll be passed and ultimately go out of business. So there's an urgency to constantly update and renew and to rethink your enterprise.

It's either not good enough and dies altogether, or it develops.

People think that coaches are always right, but it's difficult to teach a runner how to run, because every runner is different. You have to have an understanding of how to assist what that runner has, so they know how to assist what you have without taking away your special ability, because you're not like anybody else.

All human affairs are ever in a state of flux and cannot stand still, either there will be improvement or decline.

Some guys get by on natural athletic ability. And then when they reach a certain point, they got to put in the time before and after practice and in the off-season.

Let's be honest. Georgia, if you get the best players in this state, you should be winning championships.

I've trained under a lot of coaches and always picked up elements that develop a player.

I want to improve every part of my game.

A male athlete's peak, I believe, should be somewhere between 26 and 30.

I think our sport evolves as the talent evolves and the mindset evolves.

If you win games, at the top, there's no pressure to change. You change when you have to change. You change when you don't win anymore.

English football is very different, and I had to adapt to it much more than I would have had if I had stayed in the Russian league. But after a season, I felt a lot better, a lot fitter.

If you just sit on what you've created, chances are you're not going to be around much longer.

To get better, you have to get worse.

Sometimes guys peak early. They get drafted higher, and they make it to the NFL, and they don't have a lot of growth.

I don't believe in stasis - either you are growing or dying.

Tactics have changed a lot, but the standard is getting better.

There are a lot of men playing great tennis well into their thirties.

I played pretty well in my twenties, don't get me wrong! But my consistency is better [in my thirties], my momentum is better, my wins are quicker.