John McEnroe Quotes

The refs try their best. Sometimes they get it right. Sometimes they get it wrong.

The human element should be the two players on the court, not the officials. The best officials are the ones you never notice. The nature of the game made officials too noticeable a part.

You don't notice the referee during the game unless he makes a bad call.

Damn referees, I'll miss them less than anybody.

We should not discuss refereeing performances but support decisions to help their work.

If you're going to scream and yell and pull a groin when calling a catch, you have to really make sure what you're seeing is actually what's happening.

As far as being on the officials every five minutes, it's just not good for the game. The officials don't like it; you embarrass them, so it's just not good. Now, every now and then they might make a bad call, but officiating is hard.

I never blame the refs as I know how tough it is, how fast the play goes, how difficult it is to keep up with the play.

I just get on with my game and let the referees do their job.

If you watch me play, you'll see how often I get kicked. I don't go off the pitch and cut myself to act like I've been kicked.

When I first came in the league, there were only two officials. So you could really get away with a lot.

Penalties are part of the game.

There're plenty of good people in football - mostly players and managers.

I find it quite funny to see players rolling over trying to win free-kicks or get opponents booked. I've never done that, even at an early age. My friends would have just laughed at me.

You might get fouled and have a no-call, but let's still go out and hoop. Just beat them up the other way, and that's with the scoreboard.

As far as the fouls go, we are not going to rely on anyone else to make the calls for us.

We must respect the referee every time.

In England, the referee doesn't blow his whistle.

If I look at a ref funny, I'm getting a tech. If I say anything wrong on the street, it's on Worldstar or TMZ.

Ask a receiver, can we take his gloves off because he's catching the ball too well? Nobody is going to be overly happy about that.

Things happen on football pitches. Once the game is finished, you don't need to talk afterwards. That's just how it is.

I am here to change anything. I'm here to adapt. The critieria between a yellow and red card. What is a foul and what is not.

It's up to the referee to decide what is and isn't a foul.

I don't like to criticise referees, because I believe it is a very complicated job.

Would I - or any defender - tell the referee to give a penalty if I made a foul in the box but it was deemed a fair tackle? No chance.