They Said It

Ted Marchibroda, coach of the Indianapolis Colts, after his team lost its second preseason game following a win in its first: "I thought we probably played this week like I thought maybe we could have played last week, and I didn't even think we could play that bad last week if we played like this."

Karl Mecklenburg, Denver Bronco linebacker, after a recent tour of his ancestral home in Mecklenburg, Germany: "Everywhere I looked, I saw my name—and it was spelled right."