Refs Quotes

• We don't need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Sports, White

  Charles Barkley (2009). “Sir Charles: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles Barkley”, p.16, Hachette UK

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• We talked to the referees before the game; there's always new situations to adjust, for the refs and for us as well. Even on the ice, it's good for players to talk and interact with the referee.

  Peter Bondra

  Player, Ice, Games

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• I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em.

  Jim Valvano

  Trust, Basketball, Motivational Sports

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• It's part of my game, getting to the free-throw line and being aggressive. If you say that I get superstar calls or I get babied by the refs, that's just taking away from how I play. That's disrespectful to me.

  Kevin Durant

  Basketball, Games, Play

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• Every sound in the gym is so fantastic. The screams of the fans, the whistle of the ref, the teammates calling to each other, the sounds of the ball touching the wooden floor, the sneakers touching the floor, and the sounds of the fight, the muscle and the sweat. Oh, and the last one-when the ball goes through the net. Don't laugh at my sensitivity and romanticism - those sounds really attract me.

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Fighting, Sneakers

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• Right now, you know, it's not about the refs or anything else, it's about hitting first, getting on the run and never looking back.

  Bill Walton

  Basketball, Running, Hitting

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• MC's they retreat cause they know I can beat 'em,
  And eat 'em in a battle and the ref won't cheat 'em.
  I'm the best takin' out all rookies,
  So forget Oreos...eat Cool J cookies.

  LL Cool J

  Rap, Hip Hop, Battle

  Song: I'm Bad

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• No matter what we're trying to accomplish, there's always a barrier of some kind to overcome, and it's often something over which we have no control. Instead of focusing on the barriers, let's work to become so good that we'll succeed no matter how many bad calls the ref may throw at us.

  John G. Miller

  Trying, Overcoming, May

  John G. Miller (2004). “QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life”, p.72, Penguin

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• No leadership, no ideas. Not even enough imagination to thump someone in the line-up when the ref wasn't looking.

  J.P.R. Williams

  Ideas, Imagination, Lines

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• For the past eight years, the right has been better at working the refs. Now the left is learning how to play the game.

  Eric Alterman

  Past, Eight, Years

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• I'll be the first one to admit my first couple of years I was pretty hard on the refs.

  Sidney Crosby

  Couple, Years, Firsts

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• I tried to talk to the ref but it is easier to get to see the Pope. If I'm in London again and I get mugged I hope the same number of people turn up to protect me. There were six police, four stewards and even a UN peace observer out there.

  Gordon Strachan

  Soccer, Football, Numbers

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• I'm the LCL - the Last Center Left. I've been doing the same things for 13 years, but now they're flopping and falling, and the refs are falling for it, too.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Fall, Years

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• The refs are so confused themselves because there's so many rules. It's like, 'Oh my gosh I've never seen this many rules in my life.' And everybody's trying to govern this and justify that.

  Ray Lewis

  Confused, Trying, Justify

  "Ray Lewis Is Fed Up With Abusive Coaching". Interview with Ryan Bort, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2015.

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• I've always said to the refs to not be the ones to decide the game. Let the players dictate the outcome.

  Ray Lewis

  Player, Games, Outcomes

  "Ray Lewis Is Fed Up With Abusive Coaching". Interview with Ryan Bort, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2015.

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• Always work the ref's blind side.

  Fritzie Zivic

  Sides, Blind Side, Blind

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• I don't listen to the refs. I don't listen to anyone who makes less money than I do.

  Charles Barkley

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• Men like a ref decision because they just want to get back to the game.

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Men, Games, Decision

  "Jerry Seinfeld: Heard the one about the reunion?". Interview with Stephen Armstrong, www.theguardian.com. October 12, 2009.

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• You know, if Michael Jordan can scream at the refs, me as Kanye West, as the Michael Jordan of music, can go and say, 'This is wrong.'

  Kanye West

  Nucleus, Jordan, West

  "'I Am So Credible And So Influential': 8 Hilariously Narcissistic Lines From Kanye's NYT Interview" by Josh Kurp, uproxx.com. June 12, 2013.

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• And when other people see me play basketball...the way I treat my teammates, the opponents, the refs, that's all a reflection of God's image and God's love so that's the stuff I try to focus on.

  Jeremy Lin

  Basketball, Reflection, Play

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• Many Republicans have always reminded me of professional WWF wrestlers. They come into the ring all pumped up and acting like they're invincible and that they're going to destroy their opponent. Then they get hit once and fall down and roll around in agony and suddenly seem immobilized by pain, calling for the ref to intervene.

  Paul Feig

  Pain, Fall, Agony

  "Crybabies for Bolton" by Paul Feig, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 28, 2005.

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• If you do good work, it tends to stick around. People still come up to me and say, "'The Ref' is my favorite Christmas movie."

  Denis Leary

  People, Sticks, My Favorite

  "'Rescue Me': A Final (Quite Funny) Conversation". The Hollywood Reporter Interview, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 6, 2011.

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• I hate divers, like Cristiano Ronaldo, who might be the greatest athlete in the sport, but he's a big baby. If things are going well he's great, but when things are going badly it's the ref's fault, it's his teammates' fault.

  Viggo Mortensen

  Sports, Baby, Hate

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• Americans have a lower opinion of Congress than they do of the NFL replacement refs, head lice, traffic jams, cockroaches and even the group to which yours truly belongs - Washington political pundits.

  Juan Williams

  Nfl, Political, Jam

  "The Perils of Political Paralysis". www.realclearpolitics.com. January 14, 2013.

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• I just didn't want her to get hurt. I thought she was going to be. But everyone gets their share, don't they? Sure. Pow, in the nose. Pow, in the eye. Pow, below the belt, down you go, and the ref just went out for a hot dog.

  Stephen King

  Dog, Hurt, Eye

  Stephen King (2008). “Duma Key: A Novel”, p.69, Simon and Schuster

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