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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.

No one respects the umpire's job more than I do; but, if I were a manager, I would probably be ejected three or four times a season fighting for my team.

The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won't hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game.

I am primarily a lawyer. I would rather play in the game than be the 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.

Professional managers, coaches, and players have a right to question an umpire's decision if they do it in a professional manner. When they become personal, profane, or violent, they have crossed the line and must be dealt with accordingly.

Umpires are necessary evils. That's just the nature of the beast. For years, people have looked on umpiring as a job they could get any postman to do.

You argue with the umpire because there is nothing else you can do about it.

There are umpires, and there are those who hold the title.

Your job as a baseball player is to come to the park ready to play every day, and the manager, it's his job to make those decisions about who plays.