Ball game Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Trouble is, we call politics a game, but it isn't one. There is no referee, and the teams make up the rules as they…

— Michael Ignatieff

Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it than by consulting any…

— Joseph Brodsky

The game's finest mistakes were perpetrated by Djimi Traore, who interrupted his general competence with one air shot, one slice over his own head…

— Phil Cornwell

Football officiating is so subjective - much more subjective than any other sport. But the more I watch - and I watch too many…

— John W. Henry

Away from football, life is not just football. People do not see it how life goes on for us off the field.

— Gonzalo Higuain

The pace of the game demanded a referee who was fit. It is an indictment of our game. You see referees abroad who are…

— Alex Ferguson

Increasingly, football fans are arguing that the game is bloated with too much down time. The officiating is clumsy.

— Mary Pilon

There's an excitement to officiating a well-played game. A lot of discretion, a lot of judgment comes into play.

— Pat Meehan

I grew up in pubs so my whole thing is 'the game happened,' people would go into the pub afterwards and discuss 'it should…

— Troy Deeney

The trouble with referees is that they just don't care which side wins.

— Tom Canterbury

I did think there were one or two referees who had a personal thing against me. It wasn't them versus Celtic - it was…

— Gordon Strachan

There are many penalties which referees don't see. Sometimes they are right, and many other times, they are wrong. That is football.

— Sergio Ramos