They Said It

Linda Hill-McDonald, Minnesota's women's basketball coach, on last year's 6-22 team: "Things got so bad that I had to play my student manager for a while. They got really bad when she started to complain to the press that she wasn't getting enough playing time."

Dwight Gooden, New York Mets pitcher, comparing his own lucrative contract with that of new teammate Bobby Bonilla: "My great-grandkids are set for life. With him, it's his great-great-great-great-grandkids."