Arjen Robben Quotes

I've come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.

It is a fine line between communicating and being too chummy. My players, when I've been promoted, have been upset by top-flight refs being mates with opposition players.

There's nothing better than a good, blind referee.

You don't want to treat any one person as oracular.

I try very hard to handle things equally: ideas, materials, and images.

Do not favor the poor or show deference to the rich; judge your neighbor fairly.

I'd work with anyone that the script requires me to. I'd never let my personal biases rule my judgement.

My mother and father didn't treat my brothers and sisters the same, so to treat 12 players exactly the same, that's a great accomplishment.

It's equal opportunity for all, and we don't play favourites.

There's no bias when it comes to facts, and there's no bias when it comes to decency.

You can't applaud a referee.

Well, I don't know about objectivity, but I know for certain that it's always possible for a professional journalist who understands what he or she's up to to be fair, and that's the key word. Fairness to individuals, fairness to ideas, and to issues and whatever - that is critical, and that is also part and parcel of what the job.

No matter who or what you support, I believe in supporting fairness first.

I don't think that the status of a show, big or small, should affect a person's performance.

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

Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.

In the matter of justice, all should be equal in your eyes.

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.

I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.

There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.

I am not prejudiced in any way.

Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.

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