They Said It

? Don Sutton , veteran Dodgers pitcher: "It's amazing how fast you grow old in this game. At first you're the rookie righthander; next season you're that promising righthander; then suddenly you're the 'Old Man.' "

? Pete Maravich , New Orleans guard, asked if he would like to play on the same team as Los Angeles ' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar : "I'd be his caddie. I'd take his clothes to the laundry. I'd pick him up and drive him around. Anyone would like to play with the greatest center in the game."

?Glenn Mosley, Seton Hall 's star rebounder, on his high school days: "The basketball coach came into the phys ed class one day; and we played a game. He guarded me. I made 10 straight baskets. He asked me why I didn't come out for the team. I told him I had but he cut me."

? Rod Laver , tennis star, asked if he had ever played in West Orange , N.J. before: "I must have. I remember the bar across the street."