“Never wear a backward baseball cap to an interview unless applying for the job of umpire”
Dan Zevin
“Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.”
Bill Klem
“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 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
“She did a great job. The umpire, she kind of had a tight zone and (McGowan) adjusted a lot to the umpire's zone. (McGowan is) just strong out there. She doesn't let anything get to her, so we can count on her for that to be consistent throughout the game.”
Vanessa Iapala
“The umpires in the Catawba District do a nice job. There are some very good umpires in that district and that award could have gone to several people, but Paul was the choice.”
Roger Hazel
