Jose Canseco Quotes

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

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 have never used steroids. Period.

Steroids are for guys who want to cheat opponents.

The only reason I took steroids was for my health purposes. I did not take steroids to get any gain for any strength purposes.

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

I'm against steroids. Steroids are bad.

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

I remember trying steroids very briefly in the 1989 -1990 off season, and then after I was injured in 1993, I used steroids again.

My message is that steroids is bad. Don't do them. It's a bad message.

Anabolic steroids were not banned until after the 72 Olympics.

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

Steroids can seem necessary to compete at the highest levels, and the quick rewards can outweigh the long term consequences to the user's health.

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.

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.

The steroids I did were on a very, very low dosage. I didn't want to take a lot of that. I didn't want to look like Arnold Schwartzenegger or Lou Ferrigno.

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.

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?

Performance-enhancing drugs are an illusion. I wish I had never gotten involved with steroids. It was wrong. It was stupid.

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.

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

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

I have never taken any substance to enhance my performance.