World Baseball Enthusiasm Umpire Referee I set very high standards for myself and worked every game with the same energy and enthusiasm as if it were the seventh game of a World Series. - Jim Evans
Job People The vast majority of people who watch baseball can properly call 95% of all plays that happen on the field. My job is to teach you how to call the other 5%. - Jim Evans
Success I attribute my success to my mental approach to the game. I have always been a serious student of umpiring. I enjoy studying rules, situations, and positioning. - Jim Evans
Reading Want Love People Most plays that are missed by the umpire are caused by the umpire not reading those cues early enough and making the proper adjustments. - Jim Evans
Manager Job No one respects the umpire's job more than I do; but, if I were a manager, I would probably be ejected three or four times a season fighting for my team. - Jim Evans
Work Life I learned a valuable life lesson that summer. You should find something in life that you really enjoy and seriously consider making that your life's work. - Jim Evans
Night When I was 14, I played in a summer league. One night the chief umpire asked me if I would like to try umpiring. There was a Little League tournament coming up and he needed more umpires than he had. - Jim Evans
My grandmother was the greatest cook in the world. She could just go in there, the whole kitchen would look like a tornado hit it and then she'd come out with the best food. Then she'd sit at the table and she wouldn't eat! - Edie Brickell
We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this. - Francois Rabelais