Brian France Quotes

Motorsport is all about gaining as much of an advantage as you can and the FIA are there to make sure I don't gain an advantage over my competitors.

Limits are very important.

One thing I like about boxing is that I will not have to deal with the same kind of politics that I had to in skating. In boxing, it is not about your appearance, or how your costume looks, what color it is, or how much it costs.

Good spectator sports share certain fundamentals. Their competitors battle head-to-head. Their winners are determined objectively: fastest runner, most points. They are refereed, not judged.

F1 is giving penalties for people making mistakes instead of for people driving dirty. And that is wrong. Mistakes happen. You run into each other: that's life, that's racing, and too bad.

Once you have selected a sport or a creative activity, the rules are pretty much the same.

I'm perfectly happy to color within the network lines when I have to.

Just because you put higher-octane gasoline in your car doesn't mean you can break the speed limit. The speed limit's still 65.

I tell them the rules are made by the government. Every firm should comply. It doesn't mean they can't compete.

I want to keep pushing the limits to see what's possible. That's the nice thing about ski racing - no one is stopping you from going faster.

But due to the present regulations the other drivers have better chances again. This brings back the tension.

I own a Ferrari race team, and we race all over North America.

You try to stay within the rules for the sake of the game, but you can always turn up the intensity.

If you're going to play the game properly you'd better know every rule.

Rules should not be barriers; they should be guides.

It's appropriate for people to pursue their profit motive in business. If you want to change that, you're going against human nature. But when it comes to setting the rules or creating the institutions, then you should have the general interest at heart.

There were a lot of stop signs in my life... People telling you what to do, when to do it, and so on.

People haven't seen enough of me. My fights haven't gone the distance, and people have a lot of questions. I want to find out for myself as much as the people do. I want to find out what I can do.

You hit a wall at some stage when you don't want it so bad, but you don't know when that's going to be - as far as competition or as far as health is concerned. Sometimes it's just natural. You just taste it, and you want it so bad that you find other gears.

I like being pushed.

NASCAR, there's nothing wrong with it, it's very competitive, but the specs are very tight on tolerances.

I've studied the game in every different aspect that I can.

I want to bring the players to their limits.

That's the good thing about sports - it's very clear-cut. You either win, or you don't.

Missing a game or getting a little bit of a bump up or getting a scolding once in a while puts everybody in their right place.