One reason I never called balks is that I never understood the rule.

No one ever grew up intending to be an umpire, except perhaps my friend Bill Haller. His brother Tom wanted to be a catcher, so an affinity for masks must run in that family.

Umpiring is best described as the profession of standing between two seven-year olds with one ice cream cone.

The practical joke is the psychiatry of baseball.

Throwing people out of a game is like learning to ride a bicycle--once you get the hang of it, it can be a lot of fun.

Any umpire who claims he has never missed a play is . . . well, an umpire.

Umpire's heaven is a place where he works third base every game. Home is where the heartache is.

Being an umpire is like being a king. It prepares you for nothing.

Lou Piniella only argues on days ending with the letter 'y'.

I never called a balk in my life. I didn't understand the rule.

If it's true you learn from your mistakes, Jim Frey will be the best manager ever

Democracy could be worthless and counterproductive in the absence of sound moral leadership!

Surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Laughter is to the soul what sunshine is to a flower.

humans have a global benchmark-standard of conduct that called humanity

Death cannot be experienced either by the dead or the living.

sometimes what you have planned, is nothing like the plan your soul invited you, to this earth for.

Sometimes isn’t it better to have some time and space to ourselves? We will have new perception of things.

There is no time for grief; there never is.

The way to improve our schools is not more money, but the reintroduction of moral and spiritual values, as well as the four R's: reading, 'riting, 'rithmatic, and Rush.

I consider each of my dollars to be investment "soldiers," and their mission is "freedom."

Mike [Mitchell] brought me on as co-director, and eventually we ended up sharing a brain. It was overwhelming initially when I was working with departments I hadn't had contact with before.