They Said It

Jim Tatum, University of North Carolina football coach, speaking in praise of second guessers: "When I come home at night after losing a game and go to bed and lie there wondering why I didn't pass or kick or run under such and such a situation, why, I know that 20,000 other people are in their beds wondering just that very thing, too. I tell you, it's a great feeling of fellowship."

Althea Gibson, tennis champion turned novelist, singer and most recently actress, asked in Hollywood about her future plans: "I might still go back to tournament tennis. It depends on how my other careers go."

Harbin (Red) Lawson, University of Georgia basketball coach, reflecting on the age of Georgia's Woodruff Hall after his team had taken a 98-49 drubbing from The Citadel in the spacious, trim Citadel Armory: "I wouldn't say our gym was bad, but I was checking through some old newspapers the other day and one item read, 'Aristotle to speak at Woodruff Hall tonight.' "

Fred Hall, old grad Louisiana State tackle presenting a season's-end gift to Coach of the Year Paul Dietzel at a football banquet: "We're not giving you a new car, because too many coaches have used them to drive away, so we're giving you something you can't move—a swimming pool for your backyard."

Archie Moore, searching for the right phrase for his up-from-the-canvas victory over Yvon Durelle: "It was my finest hour."