#referee

I play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do. ↗

— Wayne Rooney

#gives #honestly #i #i can #nothing

Damn referees, I'll miss them less than anybody. ↗

— Abe Lemons

#damn #i #less #miss #referees

I love what I'm doing. It's my life. When it's time to go, I'll probably be fighting to get out of the casket. I'll be yelling at the priest instead of a referee. ↗

— Lou Duva

#doing #fighting #get #go #i

The objective of a referee is not to get mentioned. I tell a lot of young referees that not being mentioned is king. If you can achieve that, that then it has been a pretty good game. ↗

— Alan Lewis

#been #being #game #get #good

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. ↗

— Larry Holmes

#bigger #busted #doctors #fight #fighters

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. ↗

— Herb Kohl

#ball game #basketball #call #game #involvement

But then southern hemisphere teams are more skilful than their northern hemisphere counterparts, which means games can be easier to referee. ↗

— Alan Lewis

#easier #games #hemisphere #means #more

Coaches do so much research about a referee because they believe refereeing is such a crucial part of the game that the result may hinge on what we say or do. They probably know more about me than I know myself! ↗

— Alan Lewis

#because #believe #coaches #crucial #game

What American people and what the markets want is a fair and level playing-field, where the rules are clearly elucidated, where the referees are competent, and where we know that the game is not rigged. ↗

— James Chanos

#american people #clearly #competent #elucidated #fair

Coaches will do what they can but it doesn't necessarily bother me. You are an international referee for a reason. If things like that are going to ruffle your feathers, don't bother doing the job. ↗

— Alan Lewis

#coaches #doing #feathers #going #international