Referee Quotes

Why aren't the Nets playing in Newark?

— Shaquille O'Neal

Don't hate the player, hate the referee.

— Lil Wayne

Tell them it was a foul.

— Shaquille O'Neal

You can't applaud a referee.

— Alex Ferguson

Referees and linesmen are killing teams.

— Ashley Cole

You ain't even qualified to be a referee so please don't judge me.

— Sabelo Mkhomazi

McCarthy shakes his head in agreement with the referee.

— Martin Tyler

I got into foul trouble, so I really kind of had to play on egg shells from there on out.

— Shaquille O'Neal

My job is to hit somebody until the referee pulls me off.

— Jorge Masvidal

I was brought up to cheat, so as long as the referee wasn't looking.

— The Rolling Stones

You the realest nigga breathin if I hold my breath. Referee, with the whistle, hold his tech.

— 2 Chainz

It's the referee's job. It's not for me to have to say I should ease up.

— Chris Eubank, Jr

I know that every referee is trying to do their best.

— Daniil Medvedev

Part of my job in the octagon is making sure the fighters are lined up with the referee so one of them…

— Bruce Buffer

In Italy, everyone is talking about the referee for three days before the game - 'We don't like him. He is no…

— Roberto Mancini

When I saw Rijkaard entering the referee's dressing room I couldn't believe it. When Didier Drogba was sent off, I wasn't surprised.

— Jose Mourinho

Violence never settles anything should be debated by the ghosts of Hitler and Stalin, with the city fathers of Carthage as referees.

— Robert A. Heinlein

Golf requires only a few simple Rules and Regulations to guide the players in the true nature of its sporting appeal. The…

— Robert Harris

Although people rarely died playing Quidditch, referees had been known to vanish and turn up months later in the Sahara Desert.

— Anonymous

I don't have any ideas; my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments.

— Bear Bryant

I don't know that the referee can be watching holding on the offensive line and get back to the quarterback. I think…

— John Madden

We have to be careful with time-wasting, the behaviour of the players. There are a lot now who are complaining during the…

— Marco van Basten

I wanted to have a career in sports when I was young, but I had to give up the idea. I'm only…

— Jay Leno

You gotta fight all the karate guys, and once you kill them off, now you gotta get to the ninjas. Once you…

— Shaquille O'Neal

You are pushed to behave differently here, you don't really have a choice. If you cheat you have no chance of being…

— Jose Mourinho

The referee jumped in too late in my opinion. He's the champion and he's got to be given every chance, but a…

— Carl Froch

I'm not going to blame a referee for something I feel like I should be able to control. I should get up…

— Sara McMann

Even as they are now pointing to God and praising God for that victory, something terrible happens; there's a demonic spirit now…

— Gordon Klingenschmitt

“I would not employ an author to referee a Ping-Pong match. By their very nature they are biased and bloody-minded. Better put…

— Jack McClelland

The sport has changed so much since 2004, it's incredible. If you look even at me, the way I'm fencing now compared…

— Mariel Zagunis

This bill would renounce the safe, proper, and acceptable role for Government as a referee of disputes between the governed. It would…

— Strom Thurmond

Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should…

— Milton Friedman

The efficiency of a President at the beginning of his term depends on their capacity to get everything under control. That was…

— Paul Kagame

In sum, do not insult me with the beheadings, finger choppings or the lung-deflations you plan for my works. I need my…

— Ray Bradbury

He will be England captain one day. Jack Wilshere is a real leader. I saw how he spoke with the referee and…

— Fabio Capello

“I tell you, Professor, growing up is a full contact sport. Somewhere in our brains, foolishness and naïveté join forces with a…

— Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

The whole world knows that American TV companies have monopolized Olympic broadcasts and in order to please the fans in their country…

— Ivan Ilyin

The referee was only five or seven yards away from that incident.

— Peter Drury

You should always play 100 per cent, and you shouldn't expect every decision from the referee.

— Roberto Mancini

I ruined my hands in the ring. The referee kept stepping on them.

— Bob Hope