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“You are pushed to behave differently here, you don't really have a choice. If you cheat you have no chance of being admired. Even your own supporters will dislike you. So what do you do? Well, the way is not to be stupid, but not to cheat either. If there is a foul, you have to fall. I call it 'helping the referee to make a decision'. That's not cheating.”

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Author:Jose Mourinho

“Referee Norlinger is outstanding in the sense that he stands out.”

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Author:George Hamilton

“That's referee Mike Reed's 50th booking of the season, which works out at an average of six a game.”

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Author:Alan Parry

“The referee was only five or seven yards away from that incident.”

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Author:Peter Drury

“One of the things that I noticed in war was how difficult it was for our soldiers, at first, to realize that there are no rules to war. Our men were raised in sports, where a referee runs a football game, or an umpire a baseball game, and so forth.”

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Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower

“A difficult decision for the referee's assistant. I wouldn't beat him up over it.”

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Author:Kenny Cunningham

“Sometimes you wonder, do referees understand the game of football?”

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Author:Roy Keane

“The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.”