Pat Haden

Dirk Nowitzki

•Don Maloney, New York Ranger forward, after his brother Dave was switched from defense to forward: "Up front, you don't have to think as much. That should help Dave."

•Pat Haden, who retired last week as the Los Angeles Rams quarterback, explaining how off-season knee surgery contributed to that decision: "When I woke up and looked down at my knee, I thought, 'My God, what's that?' "

MORRIS BROS.Sir:I fully enjoyed Douglas S. Looney's article on the Morris brothers (The Fearsome Foursome, Aug. 24). Having had the opportunity to run against three of them, I'm pleased to see they are being...