They Said It

? Jimmy Demaret, after golfing with Bob Hope: "Bob has a beautiful short game. Unfortunately, it's off the tee."

?Carol Ann Orem, queen of the 1979 Indianapolis 500 Festival, reminded by her Purdue sorority sisters that she would be expected to kiss the winner of the race: "I don't kiss on the first date. You know that. I'll just shake his hand."

?Representative Joseph Moakley (D., Mass.), after lunching at the White House with Boston Marathon winner Bill Rodgers: "It's good to have a guy running in my district that I don't have to worry about."