Jose Canseco Quotes

With all the great products that are apparently out there that are undetectable, for me to take something like that... when people take things that now aren't even being tested for, does it make any sense?

I had no interest in steroids. I didn't need them, and I didn't want them. I never wanted them. From the get-go, I've frequently mouthed off about their negative impact on the game.

That's what Major League Baseball's steroid scandal was all about, the hidden harm in competitive sports that sends the wrong message to the young.

Sadly, this problem of steroid use is not isolated to baseball.

Steroids are for guys who want to cheat opponents.

These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes.

Tony La Russa was quoted as saying that I was using steroids back then, and I was talking about it in the clubhouse, openly.

I never did steroids in my life. I know all the fighters; they are all on steroids.

It's no secret what's going on in baseball. At least half the players are using steroids.

The safety argument against steroids may be a good one, but let's be honest. It isn't the one that motivates most officials and fans to frown on steroids. Steroid use does not just seem risky or unnatural, it seems to disrupt the level playing field.

Football, basketball, and the Olympic sports all have their problems with banned substances.

I don't think that - you know, I'm sure that there's guys that are doing it, because I'm sure in every sport there's players who want to get the edge. But I think that it's been blown overly - way more than guys are using it in our game.

The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as 'steroids.'

My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled.

Well, when I think of steroids I think of an image. You have the advantage over someone, which is a form of cheating. I guess it wouldn't be right unless it was legal for everybody. Reason it's not legal for everybody is because it can hurt people seriously.

Despite reforms in steroid control, serious problems still occur in and out of baseball.

I'm against steroids. Steroids are bad.

I personally don't think guys should get multiple chances when guys fail a steroid test.

I don't like all the cheating that's going in mixed martial arts. I don't know what percentage of high-level fighters do it, but I think it would be a significant amount.

These individuals on steroids, does it enhance their career, does it give them a little more strength, a little more stamina, a little more psychological edge? Absolutely. How do you determine what - what their stats would be without steroids? It's impossible to tell.

I have never used steroids. Period.

I don't recommend steroids for everyone, and I don't recommend growth hormones for everyone. But for certain individuals, I truly believe, because I've experimented with it for so many years, that it can make an average athlete a super athlete. It can make a super athlete - incredible. Just legendary.

Nobody has ever said anything about Marion Jones every using performance-enhancing drugs and they never will.

I'm the one who gave steroids to Pop art.

I'm sure people will wonder if I could have hit all those home runs had I never taken steroids.