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You can't applaud a referee. -- Alex Ferguson
Referee Norlinger is outstanding in the sense that he stands out. -- George Hamilton
You don't notice the referee during the game unless he makes a bad call. -- Drew Curtis
The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters. -- George Foreman
No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal. -- Bill Cosby
I love what I'm doing. It's my life. When it's time to go, I'll probably be fighting to get out of the casket. I'll be yelling at the priest instead of a referee. -- Lou Duva
The objective of a referee is not to get mentioned. I tell a lot of young referees that not being mentioned is king. If you can achieve that, that then it has been a pretty good game. -- Alan Lewis
We talked to the referees before the game; there's always new situations to adjust, for the refs and for us as well. Even on the ice, it's good for players to talk and interact with the referee. -- Peter Bondra
Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it than by consulting any book, including the holy book. Small wonder, then, that so many play dirty, that so few win, that so many lose. -- Joseph Brodsky
Having one child makes you a parent; having two you are a referee. -- David Frost
The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game. -- Bill Shankly
I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat. -- Ron Atkinson
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 they can. -- Cristiano Ronaldo
I was waiting for my teammates to embrace me and no one came, ... I told them, 'Come hug me or the referee isn't going to allow it.' -- Diego Maradona
Soccer is a game for 22 people that run around, play the ball, and one referee who makes a slew of mistakes, and in the end Germany always wins. -- Gary Lineker
Life was a damned muddle - a football game with everyone offside and the referee gotten rid of - everyone claiming the referee would have been on his side. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald
Golf requires only a few simple Rules and Regulations to guide the players in the true nature of its sporting appeal. The spirit of the game is its own referee. -- Robert Harris
My wife runs the house much better than I could so I think she could be a linesman or a referee or even a football manager and that's the truth. -- Ian Holloway
Everyone who watches me play knows I am an honest player. play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do. -- Wayne Rooney
The pace of the game demanded a referee who was fit. It is an indictment of our game. You see referees abroad who are as fit as butcher's dogs. We have some who are fit. He wasn't fit. -- Alex Ferguson
All you umpires, back to the bleachers. Referees, hit the showers. It's my game. I pitch, I hit, I catch. I run the bases. At sunset, I've won or lost. At sunrise, I'm out again, giving it the old try. -- Ray Bradbury
I wanted to have a career in sports when I was young, but I had to give up the idea. I'm only six feet tall, so I couldn't play basketball. I'm only 190 pounds, so I couldn't play football, and I have 20/20 vision, so I couldn't be a referee. -- Jay Leno
There's nothing better than a good, blind referee. -- Bobby Heenan
Having one child makes you a parent; having two, you are a referee. -- David Frost
I think making the referee aware of a situation, there is nothing wrong with that. -- Abby Wambach
It annoys me when people who don't know what they're talking about boo the referee. -- Jonah Lomu
The referee will now keep track of the time on the field and the shootouts have finally been banned. -- Cobi Jones
I play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do. -- Wayne Rooney
But then southern hemisphere teams are more skilful than their northern hemisphere counterparts, which means games can be easier to referee. -- Alan Lewis
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
I don't know that the referee can be watching holding on the offensive line and get back to the quarterback. I think watching the quarterback is a full-time job. -- John Madden
Men over 60 often think that if they wear athletic shoes - soft-soled referee shoes or hiking shoes or actual running shoes - then they will look more youthful. The contrary is true. -- Russell Smith
One rule that will work if it is used everywhere, is that when you have a free-kick, the referee puts the mark on the floor to make sure the defenders keep their distance. -- Cristiano Ronaldo
Coaches will do what they can but it doesn't necessarily bother me. You are an international referee for a reason. If things like that are going to ruffle your feathers, don't bother doing the job. -- Alan Lewis
When I was a kid, I got sent off for head-butting a referee: I ran 50m to argue a decision, I was shown a red card, and I head-butted him. I'm really not proud of that. -- Luis Suarez
Trouble is, we call politics a game, but it isn't one. There is no referee, and the teams make up the rules as they go along. You can't cry foul or offside in politics. Almost anything goes. -- Michael Ignatieff
You know, I'm a father. I'm a brother. I'm a son. And I'm a grandfather. So many times I have to be the intermediary, the person to referee and help solve disputes and to protect and to guide. -- Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Coaches do so much research about a referee because they believe refereeing is such a crucial part of the game that the result may hinge on what we say or do. They probably know more about me than I know myself! -- Alan Lewis
The Football Association have always acted more as a referee than a governor. And the FA, aware the Premier League provide players for the England team, have always had too gentle a hand on the tiller. The result is that the Premier League are the tigers in the English football jungle everybody's scared of. -- Gordon Taylor
We need to let the referee's sole thing be to protect the quarterback and get those late hits out of there. They even have a stat on television that says 'knockdowns.' Knockdowns means that you knock him down after he throws the ball. The assumption is, if it's legal, we'll make excuses for them. -- John Madden
If you're good enough, the referee doesn't matter. -- Jock Stein
McCarthy shakes his head in agreement with the referee. -- Martin Tyler
You will never see players from City surround the referee. -- Manuel Pellegrini
The referee was only five or seven yards away from that incident. -- Peter Drury
I think you and the referee were in a minority of one, Billy. -- Jimmy Armfield
I ruined my hands in the ring. The referee kept stepping on them. -- Bob Hope
The Uruguayans are losing no time in making a meal around the referee. -- Mike Ingham
A difficult decision for the referee's assistant. I wouldn't beat him up over it. -- Kenny Cunningham
Never take your eyes off the ball - even when it's in the referee's pocket. -- Christy Ring
I was surprised we were playing in Manchester and have a referee from Greater Manchester. -- Brendan Rodgers
It's the referee's job. It's not for me to have to say I should ease up. -- Chris Eubank, Jr.
If you're a boxing referee, it's probably illegal to wear a bow tie that spins or changes colors. -- Jack Handey
I always liken it to being a referee - if you notice the referee, that's not a good thing. -- Chris Harrison
I don't have any ideas; my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments. -- Bear Bryant
That's referee Mike Reed's 50th booking of the season, which works out at an average of six a game. -- Alan Parry
If UEFA will not embrace video technology, then we need two more officials behind the goals to help the referee. -- Andy Townsend
First female referee can't play probably, either, right? But you're thinking the game like you know it? Okay, see ya. -- Duncan Keith
You have to become involved to make an impact. No one is impressed with the won/loss record of the referee. -- John Noble Holcomb
In my old neighborhood, a boy stopped playing when he began to lose his pulse. And then he became the referee. -- Bill Cosby
I hope I don't run out of time, could someone call a referee? Cause I just need one more shot at forgiveness. -- Justin Bieber
I do swear a lot, but the advantage is that having played abroad, I can choose a different language from the referee's. -- Jurgen Klinsmann
When I saw Rijkaard entering the referee's dressing room I couldn't believe it. When Didier Drogba was sent off, I wasn't surprised. -- Jose Mourinho
She call me the referee cause I be so official. My shirt aint got no stripes but I can make that pussy whistle. -- Drake
Chavez will hit the canvas. He will be sitting in his corner, or with the doctor or referee stopping the fight. There's no other outcome. -- Sergio Martinez
The referee said it was not acceptable, but the Press considered they could not refuse to publish a book by a professor of the university. -- John Edensor Littlewood
I felt Holyfield was using his head illegally. I told the referee I wasn't getting any help, so I went back to the streets. I cannot defend it, but it happened. -- Mike Tyson
Single moms: You are a doctor, a teacher, a nurse, a maid, a cook, a referee, a heroine, a provider, a defender, a protector, a true Superwoman. Wear your cape proudly. -- Mandy Hale
Single moms: You are a doctor, a teacher, a nurse, a maid, a cook, a referee, a heroine, a provider, a defender, a protector, a true Superwoman. Wear your cape proudly." -- Mandy Hale

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