#referee

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

— Abe Lemons

#damn #i #less #miss #referees

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

We talked to the referees before the game; there's always new situations to adjust, for the refs and for us as well. Even on the ice, it's good for players to talk and interact with the referee. ↗

— Peter Bondra

#always #before #even #game #good

Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it than by consulting any book, including the holy book. Small wonder, then, that so many play dirty, that so few win, that so many lose. ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

#book #consulting #dirty #few #game

There's nothing better than a good, blind referee. ↗

— Bobby Heenan

#blind #good #nothing #referee #than

Having one child makes you a parent; having two you are a referee. ↗

— David Frost

#having #makes #parent #referee #two

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

Once the referee throws the ball in the air, it's either your ball or their ball and you have to just take your shot. ↗

— LL Cool J

#ball #either #just #once #referee

The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game. ↗

— Bill Shankly

#know #referees #rules #trouble

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. ↗

— Gordon Strachan

#celtic #did #had #i #just