They Said It

? Pat Gillick, Toronto Blue Jays vice-president of baseball operations, talking about 39-year-old Rico Carty's demand for a three-year contract as a free agent: "I don't mind paying a player, but I don't want to pay for his funeral."

?Dennis Harrison, Philadelphia Eagles rookie defensive end, who is 6'8" and weighs 275 pounds, on why he thought he was passed over in the draft until the fourth round: "The scouts said I looked like Tarzan and played like Jane."