A Quote by Bill Klem

An angry player can't argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away.

Bill Klem

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Anger Angry Argue Away Back Player Umpire Walking Walking Away

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Bill Klem
American - Athlete
February 22, 1874 - September 16, 1951

There's absolutely no excuse for throwing a piece of equipment on an umpire or any player. You can argue your point and at times may accidentally bump an umpire, but to consciously throw a piece of equipment at someone is unforgivable.

Brad Ausmus

You argue with the umpire because there is nothing else you can do about it.

Leo Durocher

I want to stress again one aspect of the game which is most important. Never argue with an umpire.

Ian Botham

But how can you walk away from something and still come back to it?" "Easy," said the cat. "Think of somebody walking around the world. You start out walking away from something and end up coming back to it." "Small world," said Coraline. "It's big enough for her," said the cat. "spiders' webs only have to be large enough to catch flies." Coraline shivered.

Neil Gaiman

Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.

Bill Klem

Chemistry is really about two people who like to act together, I think. It's like tennis in the most cliched way. It's like if you hit the ball, they hit the ball back, and they don't hit it into the stands, and they don't put the ball in their pocket and walk off - and they don't argue with the umpire, you know?

David Duchovny

I miss the BBC when I'm away. I'm away so much that it's a pleasure just walking back through the door and sitting on the sofa to watch some rubbish TV.

Geraint Thomas

Any umpire who claims he has never missed a play is . . . well, an umpire.

Ron Luciano

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

Doug Harvey

In life, purpose is defined by the thing that makes you angry. Martin Luther was angry; Mandela was angry; Mahatma Gandhi was angry; Mother Teresa was angry. If you are not angry, you do not have a ministry yet.

Myles Munroe

Most plays that are missed by the umpire are caused by the umpire not reading those cues early enough and making the proper adjustments.

Jim Evans

Most of the umpires, it's amazing: 98 percent of them will not hold a grudge. I always felt a couple of them did. I never wanted to argue with an umpire in my life.

Earl Weaver

A good umpire is the umpire you don't even notice

Ban Johnson

I want to be remembered as a great player, but I guess it will be as a player who got angry on a tennis court.

John McEnroe

Let me first clarify that NAFTA is a trilateral agreement. The decision of walking away is not of Mexico or Canada. The decision of walking away is of the U.S.