The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it.

That guy in a twenty-five cent bleacher seat is as much entitled to know a call as the guy in the boxes. He can see my arm signal even if he can't hear my voice.

Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religion.

An angry player can't argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away.

Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.

It ain't nothing till I call it.

The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many managers strut around on the field trying to manage the umpires instead of their teams.

I told the umpires to walk back at least thirty-five feet from home plate. That reduced the arguements.

Young man, if that bat comes down, you're out of the game

In my heart, I never called one wrong.

Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religon.

Just when you think this war has taken everything you loved, you meet someone and realize that somehow you still have more to give.

Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim

Make a lot of walks to get healthy and don't read that much but save yourself some until you're grown up.

You cannot imagine how great it is to step out on the stage with thousands of screaming fans loving you.

I have learned that keeping my personal life outside of work is the easier, richer way to work.

Besides," he said breezily, "were it not for misunderstandings, we would be sadly lacking in great literature." She looked at him questioningly. "Where would Romeo and Juliet be?" "Alive.

I see myself fighting for about six more fights and I'll be done and happy with my career.

The most poisonous source in any kitchen is a chef's ego.

Decreasing economic growth and increasing inequality leads to increased uncertainty.

Writing is very hard work and knowing what you're doing the whole time.