Baseball Quote by Harry S. Truman

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

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

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 a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.

— Takeru Kobayashi

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

— Doug Harvey

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

— John Malkovich

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

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 lucky enough to have the talent to play baseball. That's how I treated my career. I didn't think I was anybody special,…

— Carl Yastrzemski

My dad introduced me to baseball. Then one of my friends asked if I could play on a team; my dad said I could,…

— Bert Blyleven

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