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Umpires are necessary evils.
I always told my young umpires, 'Don't get mad. Whatever you do, don't show it. But no matter how long it takes, get even.'
I know that there are no famous 'Doug Harvey plays.' And I'm proud of that.
I set out to be the best umpire of my time. But I don't know what it takes to be great.
I was a great base umpire, but I was the most mediocre plate umpire to ever come into the major leagues.
I went into umpiring at age 16. I got into officiating because of the fact that I could not stand the referees that worked our basketball games.
The integrity of the game is the umpires. Nobody else. The entire integrity of the game is the umpires.
The one thing that all umpires have is pride, and if you don't have pride, you lose that edge.
You can't know what it's like to be a major league umpire unless you were a major league umpire.
Give me 10 high school pitchers, let me spend a week with them, and I'll show you 10 pitchers who won't balk. It's not that difficult... →
I just loved officiating, and I hope what I did helped make it better. That's what I tell young umpires: you can have fun. I never spent a day... →
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... →
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... →
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