On females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not…

I do think officiating an NBA game in the playoffs is so hard, because you have such incredible familiarity. All the coaches do is…

— Billy Donovan

The craft of officiating is taught that people come and pay top dollar to see people like Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, all…

— Tim Donaghy

Never complain about the officiating. It does no good. During the game I don't want to be fighting two opponents.

— John Wooden

There's an excitement to officiating a well-played game. A lot of discretion, a lot of judgment comes into play.

— Pat Meehan

I still see referees officiating based on names on the front and back of jerseys and not based on how the rules are written…

— Tim Donaghy

I know officiating is really tough where guys are moving really fast.

— Mike Evans

I've addressed this before, and I'll say it again: The league has to take a long, hard look at full-time officials. The officiating has…

— Ron Jaworski

As far as being on the officials every five minutes, it's just not good for the game. The officials don't like it; you embarrass…

— Tyronn Lue

Not only did I not like officiating his games, I was afraid at times he was going to knock my block off... there was…

— Tim Donaghy

Officiating is trying to do your absolute best with what you've got.

— Doug Harvey

I would say the referees have the toughest game to call. I would say that there's a lot of officiating done by announcers, local…

— David Stern

Officiating is the only job in America that everybody knows how to do better than the guy who is doing it.

— Larry Goetz

Football officiating is so subjective - much more subjective than any other sport. But the more I watch - and I watch too many…

— John W. Henry

I went into umpiring at age 16. I got into officiating because of the fact that I could not stand the referees that worked…

— Doug Harvey

Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.

— Bill Russell