Doug Harvey Quotes

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

Ezra was right half the time, and when he was wrong, he was so wrong you were never in any doubt about it.

Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the truth.

The first thing that comes out of my mouth is always right.

When I make a decision, I never am wrong, and I seldom have doubts.

They use the word 'integrity' in describing a Hall of Famer in the logo of the Hall of Fame, and I think there are gonna be quite a few players that are not going to get in.

I'm a rather decisive type.

My job isn't to win popularity contests.

I never second-guess myself.

I just don't stand for any nonsense.

I am very clear with people that I am willing and able to make tough choices, and I will do that.

I'm not afraid of making big and sometimes unpopular calls if they're the right thing to do.

If you don't have the ability to see when to stand up and the conviction to do it, you'll never be an effective leader.

Once the decision has been made, close your ear even to the best counter argument: sign of a strong character. Thus an occasional will to stupidity.

Once I made a decision, I never thought about it again.

You've got to say what you mean and mean what you say...Doubt in your voice is an open door people will shove right through.

Courage and confidence are what decision making is all about.

You don't have to be loud. If you know what you want, people respect that.

If I’m not saying ‘Hell Yeah!’ to something, then I say no.

You may not be able to convince everyone around you that you're doing the right thing, but you don't have to subject yourself to endless second-guessing from others, either.

In doubtful matters boldness is everything.

You have to pretend you're 100 percent sure. You have to take action; you can't hesitate or hedge your bets. Anything less will condemn your efforts to failure.

Tommy [ Lee Jones] doesn't suffer fools easily. I think everybody knows that, but I have great respect for someone that's very direct and very honest. I don't have thin skin so I'm okay with that.

It's better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you're weak, you're likely to be wrong anyway.

Every plan I have is the best plan in the room.