America Quote by Larry Goetz

Officiating is trying to do your absolute best with what you've got.

— Doug Harvey

I know officiating is really tough where guys are moving really fast.

— Mike Evans

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

Never complain about the officiating. It does no good. During the game I don't want to be fighting two opponents.

— John Wooden

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

— Pat Meehan

You try to get every little possible advantage you can. And sometimes for the officials, it's really really hard to officiate the games. I…

— Billy Donovan

The craft of officiating is taught that people come and pay top dollar to see people like Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, all…

— Tim Donaghy

I must admit, I was born to officiate; I was made to officiate. I miss it. I knew why I was doing it. God…

— Doug Harvey

It always amazes me that spectators want to coach, coaches want to officiate, and officials just want to watch the game

— Lou Holtz

I just loved officiating, and I hope what I did helped make it better. That's what I tell young umpires: you can have fun.…

— Doug Harvey

Most of us are referees at heart; we like to call throws and errors on someone else.

— John Kessel

I've addressed this before, and I'll say it again: The league has to take a long, hard look at full-time officials. The officiating has…

— Ron Jaworski