Quotable quotes

Louisiana State basketball coach Dale Brown reacting to a report his team was favored to win the Southeastern Conference: ``Well, that's flattery and flattery is like cologne -- it should be smelled and not swallowed.'' Olympic marathon winner Joan Benoit: ``Women's athletics has come a long way in the last 10 years, but the ball can't stop rolling now. We are just beginning to accumulate our abilities, to take advantage of programs that were never offered to women until only recently.''