Ben Askren Quotes

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.

Because I tried to everything possible to become the best player in the world? Do I believe steroids and growth hormones helped me achieve that? Yes. Were there a lot of other players doing it that I had to compete against? Yes.

You've got Jon Jones, for instance. That guy is the best, one of the best fighters in the world, but he's a cheater.

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.

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?

If the Age of Sport has been all champagne and roses hitherto, then expect our love affair with its newly-acquired prominence to become increasingly tainted by scandals about cheating. Sport is losing its shine and allure.

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

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

I know it is possible to win the Tour without taking anything.

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.

We have to show zero tolerance on match and frame-fixing. There is no other option than a life ban.

In every sport you get cheats.

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

This is an Olympic-level type of sport and it needs to be cleaned up.

The sad thing about doping is how much it obscures our appreciation of greatness.

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.

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

I do not take steroids. I never have. It's sad to me that people want to point fingers. I don't do that. That's not me. I wouldn't feel like a human being.

When an athlete has relegated the persistent rumors of cheating to the back room of the mind, he hasn't really forgotten them. And when he glances back to where rumors hunker in the darkness, he hopes with a savage heart that somehow, some day, those cheaters will be brought to justice.

It is cycling as a professional sport that represents the problem. It can transform someone into a liar.

When I went to the starting line of the 1976 Olympic marathon in Montreal, it was with the unsettling conviction that some of my competitors were cheaters.

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

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

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.