They Said It

? Darrell Royal , Texas football coach, discussing his hard-running, 5-foot-9 tailback, Tommy Ford: "If he didn't ram in there so hard, he might be 6 feet tall."

?Eddis Freeman, Greer ( S.C. ) high school football coach, asked if a complicated new play he diagrammed would win for him: "No, but it's one with which we can lose with dignity."