Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.

I don’t care if half the league strikes. Those who do will encounter quick retribution. All will be suspended, and I don’t care if it wrecks the league for 10 years. This is the United States of America, and one citizen has as much right to play as another.

Keep your eye on the ball.

I'd hate this to get out but I really like opera.

Hear only the things you should hear - be deaf to others.

I cannot but feel that the one man, above all others, who deserves the eternal thanks of his own race, and all thinking people, for bringing about baseball’s greatest reform, is Jackie Robinson himself…Certainly baseball people should be eternally grateful for the contribution he made to his own people, and to the game.

Avoid sarcasm. Don't insist on the last word.