Coaches' corner.

Miami Dolphins' coach NICK SABAN, then at LSU, responding to persistent reports of him going to the NFL:

"It comes down to this, do you want to deal with a bunch of immature people or a bunch of college kids."

JIM LEYLAND: "I knew we were in for a long season when we lined up for the national anthem on opening day and one of my players said, 'Every time I hear that song I have a bad game.'"

The late JIM VALVANO: "I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em."

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STEVE GARVEY, former Los Angeles Dodgers/San Diego Padres first baseman: "The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back."

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The late DUFFY DAUGHERTY: "My only feeling about superstition is that it's unlucky to be behind at the end of the game."

Hall of Fame pitcher DON SUTTON, accused of applying a foreign substance, Vaseline, to a baseball: "It's not a foreign substance. It's made right here in the USA."

SCOTT OSTLER, San Francisco Chronicle, on Terrell Owens Youth Football Camp in Dallas: "It's two days for $195, but you can beat T. O. down to $150 if your kid threatens to disrupt the camp."

More OSTLER on Owens' camp: "Every evening the boys will sit around the campfire in T. O.'s driveway, each listening to his own iPod and bitching about the counselors and the marshmallows."

DARRELL ROYAL, former Texas football coach, asked if the abnormal number of Longhorn injuries a particular season resulted from poor physical conditioning: "One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition for football?"

BILL JAMES, on Maury Wills: "Letting him manage in the major leagues is like sending Bo Derek through cellblock A without a bodyguard."

PAUL McALLISTER, youth coach: "Professional coaches measure success in rings. College coaches measure success in championships. High School coaches measure success to titles. Youth coaches measure success in smiles."

Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback DANNY WHITE, on the late Tom Landry: "Coach Landry was a master at maintaining discipline and creating an environment where ordinary people could achieve extra ordinary results."

TOMMY LASORDA: "About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure."

The late RED AUERBACH, former Boston Celtics' general manager, asked if he had any criticism of Bill Russell's coaching: "He has the players too happy."

LEE MacPHAIL, the late former American League President, recounting a meeting with Earl Weaver, whom he subsequently suspended for three days for abusing umpires: "Earl gave me his version of what happened and asked me not to suspend the umpires."