Soccer Referee Quotes & Sayings

Life and business is like the changing seasons. You cannot change the seasons, but you can change yourself. Therein lies the opportunity to live an extraordinary life, the opportunity to change yourself. — Jim Rohn

McCarthy shakes his head in agreement with the referee. — Martin Tyler

The U.S. Constitution was meant to be universal, not just something that only America would observe. The principle of defending liberty for all people ideally should apply everywhere in the world. — Mark Skousen

It is better to laugh than cry. — Maria Grazia Cucinotta

When someone asks me what a song is about, it's like, I feel like I might ruin it if you ask me that. I feel like I did my best to explain the song in the song on its own terms as a song. — Kyle Morton

It is extremely hurtful when women tell me I don't understand or know how they feel. — Kim Lyons

I feel fantastically excited that we have a leader who fought for the leadership without compromising his quite challenging view that the party has to change. — Francis Maude

Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution. — Garrett Hardin

It is a grave error for any leader to be oversensitive in the face of criticism — Nelson Mandela

The game's finest mistakes were perpetrated by Djimi Traore, who interrupted his general competence with one air shot, one slice over his own head and a foul so telegraphed that even the lenient referee seemed to have his card out a couple of seconds before contact was made, to show the first yellow of the game. — Phil Cornwell

I love how the soccer guys just fall when they get kicked and go baby crying.They try to explain to the referee like he's their mother: "Wah! Did you see what he did?" Then they get back to playing soccer again. — Pablo Francisco

You are pushed to behave differently here, you don't really have a choice. If you cheat you have no chance of being admired. Even your own supporters will dislike you. So what do you do? Well, the way is not to be stupid, but not to cheat either. If there is a foul, you have to fall. I call it 'helping the referee to make a decision'. That's not cheating. — Jose Mourinho

Feelings were clouds across the sky. They would change and pass. It wasn't important how she felt. — Suchen Christine Lim

Tough is to innovate; else you are just competing with photocopy machines. — Vikrmn

Gift better than Himself God doth not know,
Gift better than God no man can see;
This gift doth here the giver given bestow
Gift to this gift let each receiver be;
God is my gift, Himself He freely gave me,
God's gift am I, and none but God shall have me. — Robert Southwell

Voices are a good way to get in and out of things. James Carville constantly calls my wife to say I'll be home late. Mandy Patinkin and Al Pacino call to get me restaurant reservations. — Bill Hader

Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening. — Wayne Rogers

Soccer is a game for 22 people that run around, play the ball, and one referee who makes a slew of mistakes, and in the end Germany always wins. — Gary Lineker

I think you and the referee were in a minority of one, Billy. — Jimmy Armfield