Andrew Strauss Quotes

I'm never going to criticize any umpires or anything, because they're a big part of the game.

Some fans have a mistaken opinion of the average umpire. He is human, all reports to the contrary. Every fellow who is successful is conscientious to almost a fault.

The way I see it, an umpire must be perfect on the first day of the season and then get better every day.

Most of the umpires, it's amazing: 98 percent of them will not hold a grudge. I always felt a couple of them did. I never wanted to argue with an umpire in my life.

I think umpires have too much power, without any system of checks and balances and the more money a player makes, the more the umpire tries to show off that power to him. Unfortunately, since I signed my contract my strike zone has suddenly become a lot larger.

The public wouldn't like the perfect umpire in every game. It would kill off baseball's greatest alibi - 'We was robbed.'

You can't know what it's like to be a major league umpire unless you were a major league umpire.

The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it.

Umpires, like players, are expected to show constant improvement each season and at each level. Inconsistent plate work and the inability to handle situations are probably the two biggest problems that minor league umpires face.

Test cricket is the only thing that counts. One-day and T20 performances are fine, but you rate a player by his status as a Test player. By the time I finish, I want to play at least 80 Tests and be known for my achievements in Tests.

First of all, you want umpires to call what they see. In the case of fair or foul, the smartest thing is to call the ball fair. Because if it's called foul and ruled fair, where do we put the runners?

She'll be evaluated like any other Double-A umpire. Major League Baseball has never attempted to influence our decision

When I was a kid, Test was the form of the game everybody wanted to watch.

I think the only thing that is in my hands is to look good, and that is one thing I will do for sure.

'Greenleaf' is nothing like 'Empire.' I think 'Empire' stands alone in what they are doing. It's a wonderful show. The only thing that is similar though is that they are black families - the shows in it of themselves have very different dynamics.

Everybody's dream is to win a championship, but not everyone gets that chance. The only thing you can do is make sure you don't look back and have to wonder whether you did everything you could have done. I know I'll be able to look back and feel I had a good, honest career.

It is the ultimate test. It's every cricketer's dream to play Test cricket. I'm eagerly waiting for my opportunity to represent my country in whites also.

I'm aware how special an achievement 100 caps is because of the players that have come before me and the amount they've given to English cricket.

I always remind myself the only thing that matters is I perform on track and that's all I need to do.

I was at a pretty rough school, and the only thing I was good at was art.

I guess I know how to dress myself, and that's probably the only thing I can do, so it's nice that somebody notices.

Winning is the only thing that drives all of us.

Science has killed religion. There's no hope for the future with seven billion of us on the planet, and the only thing you can do is to laugh in the face of it all.

The only thing wrong with my voice is the way it sounds.

Just because you're in college, or a university student, that does not mean you're the only thing you are.