They Said It

? Al McGuire, Marquette basketball coach, who has taken his team to a postseason tournament the last five years: "Sometimes I wish I would have a losing season just to see if I would be the same kind of person."

? Brooks Robinson, allowing that advancing age might require him to rest occasionally this season with the Orioles: "I might not play them all this year. I am thinking of taking off July 7, Aug. 22 and 23 and one other day after we clinch the division."

?Sully Krouse, University of Maryland wrestling coach, on the effect that UM basketball coach Lefty Driesell has had on campus: "Old Dribblepuss did a job for the university. He got the students off the back of the administration. Instead of marching down Route 1 and burning the Armory or protesting about Vietnam or the ROTC, the students got excited about basketball."