Best Refs Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“I tried to talk to the ref but it is easier to get to see the Pope. If I'm in London again and I get mugged I hope the same number of people turn up to protect me. There were six police, four stewards and even a UN peace observer out there.”

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Author:Gordon Strachan

“I'm the LCL - the Last Center Left. I've been doing the same things for 13 years, but now they're flopping and falling, and the refs are falling for it, too.”

Years Lasts Fall Left Basketball Flopping Refs

Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“The refs are so confused themselves because there's so many rules. It's like, 'Oh my gosh I've never seen this many rules in my life.' And everybody's trying to govern this and justify that.”

Trying Confused Justify Oh My Gosh So Confused Refs

Author:Ray Lewis

“I've always said to the refs to not be the ones to decide the game. Let the players dictate the outcome.”

Said Games Player Outcomes Refs

Author:Ray Lewis

“Always work the ref's blind side.”

Sides Blind Refs Blind Side

Author:Fritzie Zivic

“I don't listen to the refs. I don't listen to anyone who makes less money than I do.”

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Author:Charles Barkley

“Men like a ref decision because they just want to get back to the game.”

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Author:Jerry Seinfeld

“If you do good work, it tends to stick around. People still come up to me and say, "'The Ref' is my favorite Christmas movie."”

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Author:Denis Leary

“I hate divers, like Cristiano Ronaldo, who might be the greatest athlete in the sport, but he's a big baby. If things are going well he's great, but when things are going badly it's the ref's fault, it's his teammates' fault.”

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Author:Viggo Mortensen

“I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em.”

“Americans have a lower opinion of Congress than they do of the NFL replacement refs, head lice, traffic jams, cockroaches and even the group to which yours truly belongs - Washington political pundits.”

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Author:Juan Williams

“I just didn't want her to get hurt. I thought she was going to be. But everyone gets their share, don't they? Sure. Pow, in the nose. Pow, in the eye. Pow, below the belt, down you go, and the ref just went out for a hot dog.”

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Book:Duma Key: A Novel

Source: Duma Key: A Novel

“wouldn't you like to make sure all those millions you give to Uncle Sam went to schools and hospitals instead of nuclear warheads?' As a matter of fact, he would. Playgrounds for big kids, preschool programs to little ones, and mandatory LASIK surgery for NFL refs.”

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Author:Susan Elizabeth Phillips

“I don't want to get into a 'he said, she said' with the refs...I'm the he.”

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Author:Chris Pronger

“I think the game has gotten better. (The two-ref system) keeps players from taking cheap shots behind the play. I never thought I'd like it, considering the way I like to hack.”

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Author:Brian Skrudland

“We don't need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.”

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Book:Sir Charles: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles Barkley

Source: Sir Charles: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles Barkley

“It's part of my game, getting to the free-throw line and being aggressive. If you say that I get superstar calls or I get babied by the refs, that's just taking away from how I play. That's disrespectful to me.”

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Author:Kevin Durant

“Every sound in the gym is so fantastic. The screams of the fans, the whistle of the ref, the teammates calling to each other, the sounds of the ball touching the wooden floor, the sneakers touching the floor, and the sounds of the fight, the muscle and the sweat. Oh, and the last one-when the ball goes through the net. Don't laugh at my sensitivity and romanticism - those sounds really attract me.”

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Author:Yao Ming

“Right now, you know, it's not about the refs or anything else, it's about hitting first, getting on the run and never looking back.”

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Author:Bill Walton

“For the past eight years, the right has been better at working the refs. Now the left is learning how to play the game.”

Years Has Beens Play Past Games Left Eight Refs

Author:Eric Alterman

“MC's they retreat cause they know I can beat 'em, And eat 'em in a battle and the ref won't cheat 'em. I'm the best takin' out all rookies, So forget Oreos...eat Cool J cookies.”

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Author:LL Cool J

“The ref was vertically 15 yards away.”

Soccer Yards Refs

Author:Kevin Keegan

“Some of the old refs have favoritism toward some of the fighters that are currently fighting. There should be a changing of the guard with the refs, the same way there are with fighters”

Way Should Fighting Fighter Favoritism Refs

Author:Roberto Duran

“The only difference between street fighting and boxing is there a ref there from stopping me from killing you”

Fighting Differences Streets Killing Boxing Stopping Refs

Author:Marvin Hagler

“And when other people see me play basketball...the way I treat my teammates, the opponents, the refs, that's all a reflection of God's image and God's love so that's the stuff I try to focus on.”

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Author:Jeremy Lin

“You know, if Michael Jordan can scream at the refs, me as Kanye West, as the Michael Jordan of music, can go and say, 'This is wrong.'”

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Author:Kanye West

“No leadership, no ideas. Not even enough imagination to thump someone in the line-up when the ref wasn't looking.”

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Author:J.P.R. Williams

“No matter what we're trying to accomplish, there's always a barrier of some kind to overcome, and it's often something over which we have no control. Instead of focusing on the barriers, let's work to become so good that we'll succeed no matter how many bad calls the ref may throw at us.”

Trying Kind May Matter Succeed Overcoming No Matter What Accomplish Barriers Refs

Book:QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life

Source: QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life

“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.”

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Author:Peter Bondra

“Many Republicans have always reminded me of professional WWF wrestlers. They come into the ring all pumped up and acting like they're invincible and that they're going to destroy their opponent. Then they get hit once and fall down and roll around in agony and suddenly seem immobilized by pain, calling for the ref to intervene.”

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Author:Paul Feig

“I'll be the first one to admit my first couple of years I was pretty hard on the refs.”

Years Firsts Hard Couple Refs

Author:Sidney Crosby

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