Umpire Quotations

The one thing that all umpires have is pride, and if you don't have pride, you lose that edge.

I was a great base umpire, but I was the most mediocre plate umpire to ever come into the major leagues.

I set out to be the best umpire of my time. But I don't know what it takes to be great.

Error is part of the game. I never, ever second-guessed myself on a call and don't believe good umpires ever should.

Umpires are necessary evils. That's just the nature of the beast. For years, people have looked on umpiring as a job they could get any postman to do.

I was correct in every call I made, regardless of what managers, players or replay may have said. To me, that's the reason I'm in the Hall of Fame. If I didn't umpire with conviction, I wouldn't have made it for long.

There was something special about watching a manager and umpire both convinced they were totally right, but knowing that one had to be wrong. As an ump, those moments made my job fun, and getting 'nose-to-nose' was part of my job description.

As we all know, Cooperstown is the home of baseball. One of the many duties of the home plate umpire is to make sure that the runner touches home. Well, if you're a true baseball fan, you need to visit Cooperstown. This is home.

There are umpires, and there are those who hold the title.

Anyone who votes for McGowan is 100 percent right. He was a great umpire. He belongs in the Hall of Fame.