Brian France Quotes

Professional managers, coaches, and players have a right to question an umpire's decision if they do it in a professional manner. When they become personal, profane, or violent, they have crossed the line and must be dealt with accordingly.

Penalties are part of the game.

There has to be measures for players to know the consequences for their actions.

After my 10-match ban in 2013 for biting Branislav Ivanovic, I had questioned the double standards and how the fact that no one actually gets hurt is never taken into consideration.

You do not have to be convicted or even charged of a crime to be able to demonstrate that you've violated a personal conduct policy, and reflect poorly not only on themselves, but all of their teammates, every NFL player in the league, and everyone associated with the NFL.

If you watch a guy go out on court and have a meltdown, you're not going to think, 'Oh my God, now I'm screwed.' Or you're not going to think, 'The umpire's going to give him calls because he's just told him he's an idiot or the pits of the world.'

It's neither appropriate nor responsible if I drastically amend a policy after one, two, or three submissions of opinion.

Why should I change my game if I don't even get a yellow card?

Officials called a foul; there's nothing you can do. A foul is a foul. If it was a hard foul, it was a hard foul. There is nothing you can do. So you just move on.

Players thump their cue on the floor when the opponent is coming to the table, or at the table. And the referees need to show some more authority on this stuff. You don't see it so much with top players or on TV tables - they know they can't get away with it.

Sometimes the opponents deserve a red card, but instead, they carry on playing with 11 men. So you also have to be more lucky in the future.

The competitor in me wants to play, but it's not my job to make that decision. That's what the coaches are paid for.

As far as the fouls go, we are not going to rely on anyone else to make the calls for us.

I am not going to tolerate players turning up unfit. They are professional athletes representing a country.

I can only tell you that I am a clean athlete and an honest person.

You should always play 100 per cent, and you shouldn't expect every decision from the referee.

I respect the rules of the game.

Our players are educated. They know. If you knowingly break the rules, we're going to move on. We'll find someone else to play quarterback.

I couldn't believe that talk about Jon Jones fighting Lesnar - that would have zero legitimacy. In society, we punish people that do bad things. Why isn't it the same in fighting?

It's good to be No1 but you'd like to do it the right way, not because of something that might have happened off the table.

I'm not perfect - I'm human, and I can make mistakes - but I'm always going to fight clean; I'm always going to go out there and try to put on a good show.

My dad never forced me to do anything. But if I did it, if I decided to go play catch or basketball, he was hard on me. You had to do it the right way if you were going to do it. He never let me win.

In general, we believe in regulation - just as long as it is fair and balanced.

There needs to be a flat rule where if someone's playing a shot you sit in the chair, and probably more referees need to be a bit sterner with how they apply that rule.

It's really just my Hammurabi code of journalism ethics, that I don't want to ask someone to do something that I won't do myself.