Umpire Quotes by Bill Klem

It ain't nothin' till I call it.

— Bill Klem

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

— Bill Klem

In my heart, I never called one wrong.

— Bill Klem

Fix your eye on the ball from the moment the pitcher holds it in his glove. Follow it as he throws to the plate…

— Bill Klem

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

— Bill Klem

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

— Bill Klem

It ain't nothing till I call it.

— Bill Klem

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

— Bill Klem

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

— Bill Klem

There are one-hundred fifty-four games in a season and you can find one-hundred fifty-four reasons why your team should have won every one of…

— Bill Klem

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…

— Bill Klem

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

— Bill Klem

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

— Bill Klem

To me, baseball is not a game, but a religion.

— Bill Klem

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

— Bill Klem