They Said It

? Rod Hundley, telecaster, recalling how he signed as a first-round NBA draft choice in 1957 for a $10,000 salary and no bonus: "Every time I see my mother I say, 'Why didn't you wait?' "

? Darrell Griffith, Louisville basketball star, about the No. 11 worn by 7'3" Soviet Center Vladimir Tkachenko before the Cardinals lost to the U.S.S.R. National Team 91-76 on Sunday: "It looks like a pair of expressways running down his shirt."