They Said It

? David Hobbs, race driver, on Formula I sensation Jody Scheckter: "Jody can retrieve a car from the edge of disaster—and instantly put it on the edge of another disaster."

? Gardnar Mulloy, tennis pro, on aging: "The eyes, not the legs, are where you lose that fraction of a second."

?Jim Cadile, of the World Football League Hawaiians, on switching from center to guard after 11 years: "It's like saving up all your life to move out of a grubby tenement. When you finally do, you find you've moved next door."