After Quote by John Madden

I don't like the rules about you can't hit the quarterback.

— Jim McMahon

Quarterbacks are untouchable nowadays. If you hit a quarterback too hard, or if you fall on him with too much weight - which is…

— Mario Williams

No one's saying anything against healthy, fair hardness. That's a part of football. But referees must look more closely and make sure limits are…

— Franck Ribery

I don't understand referees. It appears like some players can't even be touched, but in my case, everyone can hit me as hard as…

— Cristiano Ronaldo

Once the referee throws the ball in the air, it's either your ball or their ball and you have to just take your shot.

— LL Cool J

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

It's up to the referee to decide what is and isn't a foul.

— Giorgio Chiellini

You've just got to deliver the first blow. In football, you're going to get hit. Don't let someone deliver the hit to you. You've…

— Derrick Henry

There needs to be a flat rule where if someone's playing a shot you sit in the chair, and probably more referees need to…

— Neil Robertson

The limits are set by the referees. Those are the ones who are in charge of making sure this is football and not American…

— Luis Enrique

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

— Mary Pilon

There could probably be a penalty called on every single play. So the refs have a tough job.

— Brian Urlacher