Nick Diaz Quotes

Even with ex-fighters as judges, it doesn't mean they can score a fight, you'd still end up with debate and opinion.

It's a very complex sport, so judging is going to be very complex, too. And not everyone is going to agree all the time on who wins a fight.

Different refs judge fights differently.

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.

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.

My original opinion still stands. I don't think he should have put it out.

It is with unwelcome frequency that I find myself the deciding vote.

Some of my friends said, 'You are nuts.' But I think I am right.

I've been on the opposite side of decisions before when the crowd would be booing and saying that I lost. I've lived with it. Judging in boxing has been same since the beginning, and it isn't gonna change.

There'll be differences of opinion in just about every intelligence analysis that you make.

Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges.

In this job, you're going to make decisions. You'll say things that some people are going to love them, some people are going to hate them. It's just part of the job.

I understand everybody in this country doesn't agree with the decisions I've made. And I made some tough decisions. But people know where I stand.

Anybody can decide a question if only a single principle is in controversy.

All men are fallible; no man can be justified in setting up his judgment as a standard for others. We have no infallible judge of controversies; each man in his own apprehension is right in his decisions; and we can find no satisfactory mode of adjusting their jarring pretensions.

How long halt ye between two opinions?

When men understand what each other mean, they see for the most part, that controversy is either superfluous or hopeless.

Disagreement on issues doesn't mean 'dissension.' All it means is that honest men can differ in their approach. You lay out your positions, and president makes a decision.

I certainly don't understand Fox's decision-making process.

There are many coaches who talk about referees every day.

Some say no when others say yes. That's the difficulty with handball.

I've lost fights before where I'm landing more punches and I'm moving away from the guy. So, the way that they score things at the end doesn't seem very consistent to me.

In my view, technology should only be used on objective situations - offside, in or out of the box, over the line or not - but when it comes to subjective situations, people are never going to agree. That's sport.

We deal with all varieties of information. Somebody's always upset no matter what we do. We have to make a decision; otherwise there's a never-ending debate.

Disagreement produces debate but dissent produces dissension.