They Said It

? Jim Valvano , North Carolina State basketball coach, on his unsuccessful attempt while at Iona to recruit Rodney McCray , who wound up starring at Louisville : "I knew I was in trouble when I took Rodney to our school cafeteria for lunch and he ordered a mint julep."

? Tom Moore , The Citadel 's new football coach, promising to give the Bulldogs a pass-oriented offense: "Our running game's going to consist of running on the field and running off the field."

? Pete Rose , balking at Philly Manager Pat Corrales ' decision to rest him by keeping him out of the starting lineup for a game against the Astros: "So what do I do now? How do I rest? Do I sit on the bench? Do I stand? I wish somebody could tell me how to rest."