Coaches' corner.

TERRY BRADSHAW of "Fox NFL Sunday" on the benching of Lions' QB Joey Harrington: "After three failed marriages, I know what it's like to be replaced."

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PAT HADEN, quarterback, scholar, and supreme TV analyst, quoted in the LA Times, on his old coach, John McKay: "He could give it to the officials pretty good. One time he pointed at Traveler, USC's mascot, and told an official, 'Look at that horse's backside. The only difference between you and that horse is you are eligible to vote!'"

The late soccer superstar GEORGE BEST, notorious alcoholic and womanizer: "I gave up women and alcohol in 1969. It was the worst 20 minutes of my life."

T. J. SIMERS, Los Angeles Times columnist, on Angel manager Mike Scioscia's golf tournament to benefit amateur baseball: "I thought it was that he wanted to help the Dodgers."

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TOMMY TUBERVILLE, Auburn football coach, when asked whether he has nightmares every time he has to play Miami: "Never! You have to be able to sleep before you can have a nightmare."

Syndicated columnist NORMAN CHAD on the style of Colts' QB Peyton Manning: "After he comes out of the huddle, he often repositions half of his teammates, shouts instructions to the other half and then calls a play at the line of scrimmage. What was he doing in the huddle, telling knock-knock jokes?"

ESPN's LOU HOLTZ, on Steve Spurrier's South Carolina victory over his former team, Florida: "It's exciting. It's like getting a hole-in-one or winning a national championship. It's like your mother-in-law forgetting your address!"

CRAIG NETTLES, former slick third baseman, making an airline trip with the New York Yankees: "We got a problem. Luis Tiant wants to use the bathroom and it says no foreign objects allowed in the toilet."

New York Jets head coach HERMAN EDWARDS, whose team has been beset with numerous season-ending injuries, when asked by the media what he thought of the job his good friend, Indianapolis Colts head Tony Dungy was doing in what many consider a season for the ages: "We're having a season for the ages, too. It's aging me."

BILL PARCELLS, on how brilliant his old Giants quarterback Phil Simms, used to be: "Three minutes after The Last Supper, he could tell you how much they were tipping the waiter."

YOGI BERRA, when handed a check inscribed, "Pay to Bearer": "This ain't no way to spell my name."

More BERRA, acknowledging fans on Yogi Berra Day: "I want to thank everyone who made this day necessary."

BARRY SWITZER, on what caused his problems at Oklahoma: "We tried to implant college in our players, but their heads rejected it."

BOB KNIGHT, on the alarming popularity of foreign basketball players: "We can get even with Europe by sending them all our basketball writers."

GEORGE STEINBRENNER, on the secret of his success: "There are only so many ulcers in the world and I make certain that other people get them."