Quotes from Doug Harvey

I just loved officiating, and I hope what I did helped make it better. That's what I tell young umpires: you can have fun. I never spent a day where going out on a baseball field didn't make me feel better.

The integrity of the game is the umpires. Nobody else. The entire integrity of the game is the umpires.

I always told my young umpires, 'Don't get mad. Whatever you do, don't show it. But no matter how long it takes, get even.'

If you don't need umpires out there, and you can put robots out there, then why do we need ballplayers?

The one thing that all umpires have is pride, and if you don't have pride, you lose that edge.

Error is part of the game. I never, ever second-guessed myself on a call and don't believe good umpires ever should.

When asked what he was fighting for, General Washington, in writing to General Thomas, said the object was 'neither glory nor extent of territory, but a defense of all that is dear and valuable in life.' He must have been an umpire. That's what umpiring is about.

Officiating is trying to do your absolute best with what you've got.