Athletes Quote by Adam DeVine

I couldn't see well enough to play (baseball) when I was a boy, so they gave me a special job - they made me…

— Harry S. Truman

I was an umpire at little league softball games. I only lasted a few games because I wasn't one hundred percent clear on all…

— Kate McKinnon

When I was 14, I played in a summer league. One night the chief umpire asked me if I would like to try umpiring.…

— Jim Evans

When I was 11 I had to umpire a game. I got hit in the head and got knocked out. The ball was hit…

— Eoin Morgan

Do you have to be like a second-grade dropout to be an umpire? Did you go to school until you were 8 years old?…

— Andy Roddick

No one ever grew up intending to be an umpire, except perhaps my friend Bill Haller. His brother Tom wanted to be a catcher,…

— Ron Luciano

My dad was my coach in baseball and early on in basketball, so playing baseball was something we always did.

— Matthew Stafford

I was a great base umpire, but I was the most mediocre plate umpire to ever come into the major leagues.

— Doug Harvey

My dad was a carpenter and I would work with him during the summer and umpire on the nights I wasn't playing.

— Jim Evans

When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher. That devastated me. I was crushed.

— Jennie Finch

In the head of the moment after losing a game, I lost the control of my emotions and hit the ball with an intention…

— Denis Shapovalov

I was a very good baseball player and football player as a kid.

— John Malkovich