QUOTES OF THE WEEK

"I played with Albert for five years. In a way, you get used to it. You know that sooner or later he's going to snap, so you deal with it."--Cleveland outfielder Kenny Lofton on former teammate Albert Belle.

"It was baseball's proudest moment then. It's still baseball's proudest moment, and I believe it will always be baseball's proudest moment."--Acting baseball commissioner Bud Selig, about Jackie Robinson breaking the sport's color line 50 years ago.

"I thought he was coming back to be a coach. Either that or to cork our bats."--John Franco, about Mets' teammate Howard Johnson, who last played in the big league in 1995.

"I ain't going to run. I can't run any more, and if you run from a man older than you, you're in trouble."--34-year-old Hector Camacho, about the fighting style he'll use against 40-year-old Sugar Ray Leonard.