Darren Till Quotes

My message to fans... I'm running clean.

I'm for a drug-free sport and always will be.

Major League Baseball has always recognized the influence that our stars can have on the youth of America. As such, we are concerned that recent revelations and allegations of steroid use have been sending a terrible message to young people.

Why should sports men and women get punished harsher than people in the normal world?

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.

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.

I will continue to express the fact I am for a drug-free sport and always will be.

Once and for all, I did not use steroids or any other illegal substance.

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

The things that I rely on, USADA doesn't have a problem with them. I'm gonna continue to be the same athlete that I've always been.

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

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.

It is essential that we put an end to steroid abuse and set a better example for aspiring young athletes to follow, so that some day, when they make it in the All Star Game, it will be because of their own natural talents, and not because of a performance enhancing product.

I have never used steroids. Period.

Does that mean we should give up? Probably. But there are two issues worth considering. The first is - is it really true that drugs destroy the integrity of the game?

If you look at the sponsors who were in the sport 15 years ago compared to now there are a lot fewer. Why? Because those runners who took drugs tainted the sport. They tainted all of us in it.

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

HGH testing is happening in Olympics. The science is there. It is a valid test.

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.'

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

Several professional athletes have wrongly taught many young Americans by example that the only way to succeed in sports is to take steroids.

What we've seen this season is that if something that will enhance performance is available, some players will indulge... unless the penalty is an absolute deterrent.

I've done whatever it takes to prove I am a clean athlete.

For the rest of my life, I realise people are going to ask questions of me, but at the end of the day, I am a clean athlete, and I have worked hard.