Quotes About Referee

In England, the referee doesn't blow his whistle.

Football is more disputed in England than it is in Italy. Every match is a very hard match because the referee doesn't blow his whistle as much as in Italy, and every team plays against each other like it is a final.

In Germany, you can play aggressively, but the referee will always blow his whistle, but in England, that's not the case. That's better for me.

Football is more disputed in England than it is in Italy. Every match is a very hard match because the referee doesn't blow his whistle as much as in Italy, and every team plays against each other like it is a final. I enjoy it more in England because you have to think quicker. The pace of the game is faster, so you don't have much time to think.

The consistency of the game calls, I've been on both sides of it. I've been where the whistle has been in favor of you.

Charge-taking can be one effective way to affect the rim, but the whistle's gonna blow a lot.

I always say the Premier League is the best in the world, and I still feel it is an honour to be playing here, but I think English football suits my game. Football is more physical here; the ref is not whistling every foul.

I'm not advocating not calling anything, but I think no-harm, no-foul is a pretty good rule.

But then southern hemisphere teams are more skilful than their northern hemisphere counterparts, which means games can be easier to referee.

OK, my funniest tech I ever got in the NBA was for looking at a ref.

The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.

I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em.

With handball, you have soft facts but not hard facts. The shot is wide, and then suddenly, it's a penalty.

Miles growled, and sat with his back to it. He quickly slid into the role of referee, controlling the flow of ideas while concealing his own dearth of hard factual information. He folded his arms, and said "Um," and "Hm," but only very occasionally "God help us," because it caused Elena to choke.

Well, I tried to play defense. But when they did call a foul on Shaq, I tried to make sure they called a foul.

If someone makes contact with you, it is a foul, and you are going to go down.

If you are a referee, it's not easy because everyone wants to win, and so there will be cheating.

Part of my job in the octagon is making sure the fighters are lined up with the referee so one of them gets their hand raised while I announce the winner.

I was the ref. I was the ref they didn't know about. Deaf and dumb. Invisible as a wall. I wanted no one to win

I could give 48 penalties in every match if I wanted to. It is a question of sometimes choosing what is - in your own mind - of material importance and what isn't, what might be a crucial potential penalty and what might not be.

I think if you're raising your foot high whether it's an overhead kick or not, you're risking a red card.

Whitaker ran... he made a lot of fouls.

The referee will now keep track of the time on the field and the shootouts have finally been banned.

Rinaldo Barlassina, one of the most prominent italian referees at the time, was the victim of stone throwing during a match at Casale. After refusing to give a penalty, Barlassina used an umbrella to protect himself and he emerged unhurt. Ghirelli comments that 'it is unclear if this was thanks to his stoicism or to the fact that the stones had run out'.