Doug Harvey Quotations

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Error is part of the game. I never, ever second-guessed myself on a call and don't believe good umpires ever should.

I say to you, you want a thrill, volunteer to be an umpire. I'd like you to go just work the bases some day. Just go do that. You're going to love it. Try the slow-pitch stuff. You'll love it. Ask my son - he tried it! He said, 'I've never seen so many idiots in all my life.'