David Shepherd Quotations

It crossed my mind. But I had so many positive comments from players past and present as well as other umpires it gave me the confidence to carry on,

It feels funny letting go of some of that stuffit's my life. But if it belongs anywhere, it's this University. This is where everything happened.

Don't let the crowd in until you are almost sure that play will take place.

I was 25 when I first started playing for Gloucestershire, because my father had insisted I got a proper qualification before trying to make it as a cricketer,

It's pretty hard anymore to identify the national origin of a product by its name. ... There really isn't a truly American-made and manufactured vehicle like there may have been at one time. That has changed attitudes.

It's an honor for me to be here and see this. It's really just spectacular.