Failure comes when you don’t listen.
ALAN LEWISYou can’t put something out there and assume it’s great.
More Alan Lewis Quotes
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If things like that are going to ruffle your feathers, don’t bother doing the job.
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If at first you don’t succeed, get a bigger hammer.
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You are an international referee for a reason.
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I have three tools at my disposal – my whistle, my body language and my talk.
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Coaches do so much research about a referee because they believe refereeing is such a crucial part of the game that the result may hinge on what we say or do.
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My job is to persuade people to toe the line and play within the laws of the game.
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Coaches will do what they can but it doesn’t necessarily bother me.
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You can’t put something out there and assume it’s great.
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But then southern hemisphere teams are more skilful than their northern hemisphere counterparts, which means games can be easier to referee.
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It is a question of how I marry them up to try to get the players around to my way of thinking.
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They probably know more about me than I know myself!
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I could give 48 penalties in every match if I wanted to.
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I will know some of the personalities, the players who could be difficult customers in a scrum situation.
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If you get those two aspects right, most rugby matches will work in your favour.
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If you can achieve that, that then it has been a pretty good game.
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