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Umpire Quotes by Jim Evans
- Anyone interested in becoming a professional umpire and becoming eligible to work in the minor leagues must attend one of the two umpire schools sanctioned…
- Most plays that are missed by the umpire are caused by the umpire not reading those cues early enough and making the proper adjustments.
- Our students learn more in 30 days than one could learn in 30 years without our training. To really maximize your potential as an umpire,…
- When I was 14, I played in a summer league. One night the chief umpire asked me if I would like to try umpiring. There…
- As a whole, the managers today are different in temperament. Most have very good communication skills and are more understanding of the umpire's job. That…
- My dad was a carpenter and I would work with him during the summer and umpire on the nights I wasn't playing.
- No one respects the umpire's job more than I do; but, if I were a manager, I would probably be ejected three or four times…
- Professional managers, coaches, and players have a right to question an umpire's decision if they do it in a professional manner. When they become personal,…
More Umpire Quotes
- Rules of society are nothing; one's conscience is the umpire. — Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand
- The roughest thing I ever said to an umpire was, 'Are you sure?' — Rod Laver
- The umpire... is like the geyser in the bathroom; we cannot do without it, yet we notice it only when it is… — Neville Cardus
- This bill would renounce the safe, proper, and acceptable role for Government as a referee of disputes between the governed. It would… — Strom Thurmond
- Every man's reason is his own rightful umpire. This principle, with that of acquiescence in the will of the majority, will preserve… — Thomas Jefferson
- I remember once in high school the umpire called me out at third base when I was sure I was safe. I… — Peter Falk
- My favorite umpire is a dead one. — Johnny Evers
- But, you may ask, if the two departments [i.e., federal and state] should claim each the same subject of power, where is… — Thomas Jefferson
- The trouble with me is that every match I play against five opponents: umpire, crowd, ball boys, court, and myself. — Goran Ivanisevic
- Ed (Runge), you're the second best umpire in the league. The other twenty-three are tied for first. — Carl Yastrzemski
- Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that… — Christy Mathewson
- A good umpire is the umpire you don't even notice — Unknown Author