I set out to be the best umpire of my time. But I don't know what it takes to be great.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Stay in college, kids. Otherwise, you may become an umpire.
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 God meant for me to do. People ask if I like working home plate best. I just want to be between the white lines. That's where I belong, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Our students learn more in 30 days than one could learn in 30 years without our training. To really maximize your potential as an umpire, you need to get a solid foundation as soon as you can.
You can't know what it's like to be a major league umpire unless you were a major league umpire.
Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
I was a great base umpire, but I was the most mediocre plate umpire to ever come into the major leagues.
Stay in school kids or you'll end up being an umpire.
Step outside the guidelines of the official umpires and make your own rules and your own reality.
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 selects and says, 'You know, that guy ought to be an umpire.' That's what happened to me.
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? I think you quit school before you were 10. Stay in school kids or you'll end up being an umpire.