I have looked back on situations and thought that I could have handled a few differently and probably better.

I learned a valuable life lesson that summer. You should find something in life that you really enjoy and seriously consider making that your life's work.

If you don't think every day is a great day try going without one.

Minor league umpires are evaluated in their respective leagues each year and rated numerically. This enables umpires to know where they stand and helps them make prudent career decisions.

Our students learn more in 30 days than one could learn in 30 years without our training. To really maximize your potential as an umpire, you need to get a solid foundation as soon as you can.

Most plays that are missed by the umpire are caused by the umpire not reading those cues early enough and making the proper adjustments.

Another way to lose control is to ignore something when you should address it.

Game management is accomplished by staying constantly alert and then reading and reacting to potential problem situations before they materialize. It all boils down to paying attention to details.

I literally paid my way through the University of Texas with my umpiring.

I attribute my success to my mental approach to the game. I have always been a serious student of umpiring. I enjoy studying rules, situations, and positioning.

I set very high standards for myself and worked every game with the same energy and enthusiasm as if it were the seventh game of a World Series.

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.

I went to a theater arts school, so I'm interested in many different projects, whether it be film, television or even live theater. I'm a performer. That's what I do. That's what I want to do.

You see what you think, you see what you feel, you are what you see If with the camera you can make others see it - that is photography.

Before one can become a magician he must learn to control his own mind; for mind is the substance with which the magician acts, and the power to control it is the beginning of magic.

I've long been a fan of Chiwetel Ejiofor. I think he's a great actor. He's my kind of guy. He does what I aspire to do.

I prefer the band situation. I prefer the relationship. Music is meant to be that way. It's meant to be interdependent.

Life is a short walk. There is so little time and so much living to achieve.

A fence to wisdom is silence.

The essence of Bonham is what he didn't play rather than what he did play - what he left out.

I have a disproportionate amount of faith in the goodness of the world and that everything will actually work out okay.