Quotes About Referee

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.

Men like a ref decision because they just want to get back to the game.

Offside killed my team. They are not God. They made a mistake and I understand. I don't want three points, I just want 'sorry.'

I'm not going to blame a referee for something I feel like I should be able to control. I should get up quicker. If you want to win fights, you just have to do it, regardless of what's going on.

Football, or soccer as it is known, is a game of two halves. It's a game with rules and a referee. FIFA, the governing body for football, follows neither the rule of law or has the oversight of a referee.

You know, I'm a father. I'm a brother. I'm a son. And I'm a grandfather. So many times I have to be the intermediary, the person to referee and help solve disputes and to protect and to guide.

My job is to hit somebody until the referee pulls me off.

I see a lot of fouls on Messi, and he's not the type to overreact.

Mario Yamasaki should just crawl in a hole and never step inside of any type of professional mixed martial arts event. He should never officiate, ever again.

Family gatherings were... um, let's see, what's the word I'm looking for?... Hell. They were hell. Being the middle child, I served and referee and confidante, hostess and martyr. Did I feel we should get together once in a while? Sure. Did I want my family all together? Theoretically, yes. In reality, dear God, no.

I used to be in a street fight at least twice a week, so locking me in a cage with somebody, with a set of rules and a referee to jump in if something get ugly, and a time limit, like, it don't scare me.

I love to talk with the umpire.

When I got into UFC, it was an unbelievable feeling. When I got inside the cage, 'Big' John McCarthy - a guy who I was watching back when Royce Gracie was fighting - was the referee. I was able to earn a quick submission win. It was perfect.

Juventus are specialists because they have the habit to win and the habit to put pressure on the referee. It's a club with a culture to try to do everything to help the team.

Some of my technicals, I don't even understand. I see some of those technicals other players get, and I compare them to mine and they're completely unfair.

To say 'I quit' brings a lot of criticism, but to get disqualified and say the ref was unfair and harsh, in denial - fans will jump on that.

You can be nervous when the referee starts the game but you must get rid of all the nerves and enjoy a great stadium and great pitch.

People always go to the ground with me trying to just hold me. They stall and wait for the referee to stand them back up so they can start it all over.

Between the second and third rounds I asked my buddies what the hell was going on. "Who's hitting me on the head?" They told me it's the referee, that he doesn't like Irishmen. I walked over and told the referee if he hits me on the back of the head one more time I'm going to knock him out. He said, "Get back in there and fight, rookie." I

came out now with one eye on the kangaroo and one eye on the referee. I'm really steaming mad now, and I creamed that kangaroo. His tail hit me so hard my head ached for three days. I jumped off at the referee and decked him. The referee's people jumped in the ring after me, and my pals jumped in after them. The cops had a hell of a time in that ring sorting things out. I

I was just saying to your colleague, the referee has got me the sack, thank him ever so much for that, won't you?

Some of the best preparation I had for coming to Congress is being a football referee. Because you've got to make a decision, and no matter what you do, someone's unhappy with you.

You don't notice the referee during the game unless he makes a bad call.

They flipped the coin. Nathan chose tails. It came up heads. "How about best two out of three?" Nathan asked the ref. The ref curled his lip and said, "What are you talking about? No." Nathan said, "You can't blame a guy for trying.