They Said It

Billy Joe Patton, upon being named captain of the Americas Cup golf team: "I'm highly flattered—but I'm afraid it's only a sign you're getting old when they start naming you captain."

Dizzy Dean, addressing guests at St. Louis' All-Star baseball banquet: "I may not have been the greatest pitcher—but I was amongst them."

R. E. Wilson, Chester, S.C. high school football coach, after his defensive halfback had dreamed he was being chased by a runaway truck and thereupon had jumped out a window, breaking his collarbone: "Well, anyway, the truck didn't hit him."