Base Quote by Doug Harvey

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

You can't know what it's like to be a major league umpire unless you were a major league umpire.

— Doug Harvey

When I was a teenager, I was an umpire for a competitive league for 8- to 9-year-olds. I was really bad at it because…

— 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 umpired for 25 years and can honestly say I never called one wrong in my heart.

— Nestor Chylak

I just umpire. That's what I've done. That's all I can do. I'm one of the fortunate ones on God's earth. I found what…

— Doug Harvey

I was a professional athlete, the best baseball player in the world at one point.

— Jose Canseco

I want you to know that I am one of the more fortunate people in life. There aren't too many of us that somebody…

— Doug Harvey

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

I was for a short time on the baseball team as shortstop, where I was not so good.

— Herbert Hoover

I was for a short time on the baseball team as shortstop, where I was no good.

— Herbert Hoover

I set out to be the best umpire of my time. But I don't know what it takes to be great.

— Doug Harvey