They Said It

?Norm Pollom, Buffalo Bill director of scouting, on modern-day placekicking: "An NFL game today is like a golf tournament in which you play your way up to the green and find a guy from Brazil standing there to do the putting for you."

?Dave McDonald, winner of the Charlotte (N.C.) Marathon, after being told that because of a wrong turn, he and other front-runners may have covered 300 yards less than the full distance: "I certainly feel like I ran far enough."