“The system is in place whereby if an umpire cries off, or both as was the case here, those umpires are to be replaced,”
Mark Webber
“I look at the grand final last year: the three umpires that umpired that game were outstanding. I think on that particular day, it was a case of, 'we know what the rules are, we know what the fans want to see, we know how we want to umpire it, let's just stick to those three principles'.”
Paul Roos
“We've moved on as a team. This is a good umpiring crew ? even the umpire that's gone through all of this. He's done a great job. I just hope all this doesn't become nasty today.”
Mickey Hatcher
“I think this the umpire who decide any one out or not out rather the umpires are in better position to answer.”
Rahul Dravid
“The suggestions that umpires award free kicks without regard to the merits [of a free kick], that umpiring is not a worthwhile pursuit for kids and that umpires should put their egos in a locker are offensive and damaging.”
Adrian Anderson
“I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.”
Babe Ruth
“Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.”
Christy Mathewson
