They Said It

? Ara Parseghian, Notre Dame football coach: "Every successful coach must have a successful quarterback."

? Joe Foss, American Football League commissioner, on the league's surpassing the one-million attendance mark: "We invite anyone to gauge the progress the American Football League has made in the last five years with the initial five years of any sports organization."

?Les Lear, trainer of Sadair, who won the $301,700 Garden State Stakes, asked to compare football coaching and training horses: "All I can say is you know where the horses are at night."

?Charley Wallgren, baseball scout, after the Baltimore Orioles signed Mike Epstein, 220-pound All-America baseball player from the University of California: "We've been looking at him since he was only 165 pounds."

?Television sports commentator, interviewing Bill Edwards, Wittenberg football coach who has enjoyed a successful career coaching at high school, major college ( Vanderbilt), small college (Wittenberg) and professional ( Cleveland Browns) levels: "Do you like to coach football?"