36 Quotes by Doug Harvey

I must admit, I was born to officiate; I was made to officiate. I miss it. I knew why I was doing it. God made me to umpire.

I set out to be the best umpire of my time. But I don't know what it takes to be great.

I was a great base umpire, but I was the most mediocre plate umpire to ever come into the major leagues.

I went into umpiring at age 16. I got into officiating because of the fact that I could not stand the referees that worked our basketball games.

I'll say it again: you've got to put the argument back in the game. They're trying to make baseball mechanized, a machine. They're ruining baseball.

Officiating is trying to do your absolute best with what you've got.

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

The one thing that all umpires have is pride, and if you don't have pride, you lose that edge.

I'd love to stay in baseball, but I won't beg. I'd love to work with young umpires. I think I could teach them, help them develop. I can spot flaws, help them get over the hump. You're striving for perfection every game, yet you never achieve it. If baseball wants me, I'm available.