They Said It

? George Raveling , Washington State basketball coach, on life in the Northwest: "I won't say it's remote up here, but my last speech was reviewed in Field & Stream ."

? Frank Gifford , ABC announcer, on quarterbacks: "They're the most poorly conditioned athletes we have. They're also old and crotchety."

? Dick Versace , new Bradley basketball coach, on his explicit vocabulary: "To those people I might offend by my language, I say, I am your new coach, not your new Pope.' "

?Jim McConn, Houston mayor, on Earl Campbell : "He ought to run for President, because if he runs for mayor he'll beat me."

?Ken Payne, Philadelphia Eagle wide receiver, when told a woman sportswriter was in the dressing room: "Uh, oh, I'd better put my teeth in."