Rafael Palmeiro Quotes

I have never intentionally used steroids. Never. Ever. Period.

I have never doped. I can say it again, but I've said it for seven years.

I have never had a single positive doping test, and I do not take performance-enhancing drugs.

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.

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

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

I've heard players, and I'm talking about some of the best players in the league, question whether I've taken steroids or not. Some of the things I hear are pretty funny, and some people are idiots, frankly.

Bisping is a clean athlete, and it comes down to whether you're clean or not. I'm totally against the use of drugs and steroids in the UFC and any performance enhancing drugs. Shows a lot about someone's mental state if they have to do that.

I've never used performance-enhancing drugs of any kind, and I never will. I've never met or spoken with Tony Bosch or used any substances provided by him. Anything said to the contrary is a lie.

I always say that I'm a clean athlete and that I should be randomly tested anytime, urine and blood.

Why is there such controversy about drug testing? I know plenty of guys who'd be willing to test any drug they can come up with.

If I was racing in 2015, no, I wouldn't do it again because I don't think you have to. If you take me back to 1995, when doping was completely pervasive, I would probably do it again.

If you're taking performance-enhancing drugs and you get caught, in my mind, you should be banned for life.

I have never used steroids. Period.

I would think if someone connected to steroids made the Hall of Fame, that would enhance my chances of making the Hall of Fame.

You can't really describe how difficult it is to deal with. It is any athlete's worst nightmare to be accused of cheating by taking drugs. It really is very difficult to put into words how it makes you feel.

The perception is that baseball's players' union is protecting players to use steroids and other illegal performance-enhancing drugs.

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

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

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.

Anyone who has seen me spin that heavy, giant wheel on television knows that I'm not a steroid user.

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.'

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

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.

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