Bill Klem Umpires Quotations

Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.

I told the umpires to walk back at least thirty-five feet from home plate. That reduced the arguements.

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

The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many managers strut around on the field trying to manage the umpires instead of their teams.

An angry player can't argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away.