Quotes About Referees

I think I'm a focal point for everyone. It's obvious that all the fans are watching every move that I make, and so why wouldn't the refs?

The trouble with referees is that they just don't care which side wins.

LeBron is LeBron. They're not going to call offensive fouls on him. He gets to do what he wants.

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.

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.

Fighters today are much bigger, stronger and quicker and not only that but referees, judges and doctors back then were very strict and if your head got busted up the fight would be stopped.

Opponents know how to get the fouls and it's gone against me a couple of times.

As all of us with any involvement in sports knows, no two umpires or no two referees have the same strike zone or call the same kind of a basketball game.

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.

I do believe Allen Iverson knew this, and I believe all the players know this: that certain referees treat them much better than others.

Time is only linear for engineers and referees.

I did think there were one or two referees who had a personal thing against me. It wasn't them versus Celtic - it was them against me! I just think they wanted to take me on.

Sometimes when Premiership referees drop down a division they think they can have an easy ride.

I don't think it is wrong to have a bit of banter with refs. My Dad would always manage games by talking to players and so did I when I reffed.

I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat.

If one official signals Falcons ball and Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson signals Seahawks ball, is it a jump ball?

Actually, some of the tackles looked more like assassination attempts to me.