They Said It

? Willie Stargell , explaining why he didn't become a free agent: "You pull up an old tree from the ground and move it, say, to California , well, you can damage the roots."

? Chico Resch , the New York Islanders ' loquacious goaltender: "If I wasn't talking, I wouldn't know what to say."

?Dewey Selmon, Tampa Bay Buccaneer linebacker, who is working on a Ph.D. in philosophy at Oklahoma : "Philosophy is just a hobby. You can't open up a philosophy factory."