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

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.

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

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

Keep all your personalities out of your work. Forget and forgive.

Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.

Never charge a player and, above all, no pointing your finger or yelling.