Quotes About Officiating

The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.

Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.

I was a great base umpire, but I was the most mediocre plate umpire to ever come into the major leagues.

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.

I still see referees officiating based on names on the front and back of jerseys and not based on how the rules are written in the rule book.

I've addressed this before, and I'll say it again: The league has to take a long, hard look at full-time officials. The officiating has been inconsistent all season long.

The human element should be the two players on the court, not the officials. The best officials are the ones you never notice. The nature of the game made officials too noticeable a part.

My rooting interest these days is first and foremost competitive hockey, and secondly in officials not making a mistake.

We just want to see entertaining, exciting games, and we want the officials to do a good job.

As far as being on the officials every five minutes, it's just not good for the game. The officials don't like it; you embarrass them, so it's just not good. Now, every now and then they might make a bad call, but officiating is hard.

Sometimes officials should look at English football and let us play more. I like their system because, in Europe, their referees are more lenient.

When I first came in the league, there were only two officials. So you could really get away with a lot.

when he was officiating in a depressed state of mind he felt that the influence produced on him by the service would endure. And it did in fact weaken till only the habit remained.

Anyone interested in becoming a professional umpire and becoming eligible to work in the minor leagues must attend one of the two umpire schools sanctioned by Major League Baseball.

Football officiating is so subjective - much more subjective than any other sport. But the more I watch - and I watch too many matches - the more impressed I am with referees.

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