Game fairness Quotes

We've changed a lot of things to help certain groups of people. We widened the lane from 6 feet to 12 feet to 16 feet to make it so the big guys aren't as dominant. Well, why didn't we just say, 'You've got to learn to play against them in the post?'

Some of the games in Spain... we played at the Wanda, which was amazing, but then the next week, they're creating a penalty spot 10 minutes before the game starts.

I've never set up any golf course that would favor anybody. I try to make it exactly the opposite, which is what we did at Valhalla when we modernized it to accommodate the lengths players are hitting it today.

The consistency of the game calls, I've been on both sides of it. I've been where the whistle has been in favor of you.

Does that mean we should give up? Probably. But there are two issues worth considering. The first is - is it really true that drugs destroy the integrity of the game?

I didn't alter the footballs in any way

Whatever we do, make sure we clean up baseball.

There should be a minimum on the air pressure but not a maximum. Every game, they're taking air out of the footballs I'm throwing, and I think that's a disadvantage for the way that I like them prepped.

If you ask any referee before the game - they ask me if I have anything to say, I tell them 'I'm going straight up.' Every time. Every game. And they know that and they say I'm one of the best at it.

Some of my technicals, I don't even understand. I see some of those technicals other players get, and I compare them to mine and they're completely unfair.

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.

There needs to be somebody that looks out for what's best for the game, not what's best for the Big 10 or what's best for the SEC or what's best for Jim Harbaugh, but what's best for the game of college football - the integrity of the game, the coaches, the players, and the people that play it.

I think it's unfair to punish players for inherent faults in the game.

The integrity of the game is the umpires. Nobody else. The entire integrity of the game is the umpires.

I would say the referees have the toughest game to call. I would say that there's a lot of officiating done by announcers, local announcers. Sometimes you should listen to a game from both feeds, and you'd think you were listening to completely different games.

There are many penalties which referees don't see. Sometimes they are right, and many other times, they are wrong. That is football.

One rule that will work if it is used everywhere, is that when you have a free-kick, the referee puts the mark on the floor to make sure the defenders keep their distance.

I think making the referee aware of a situation, there is nothing wrong with that.

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.

That's why you get three of them. Say you get one that you don't think is a strike, and they call it on you: that's why you get two more.

The referees sometimes give for you, and others take it away.

If the rules aren't going to protect the integrity of the game, then they're wrong.

I don't like the designated hitter. A guy who plays should be able to catch and hit.

No one's saying anything against healthy, fair hardness. That's a part of football. But referees must look more closely and make sure limits are not exceeded.

Baseball should adopt replay, plain and simple. If we can see it at home or on hand-held PDAs, the technology should be used in games.