Rafael Palmeiro Quotes

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

Let me start by telling you this: I have never used steroids. Period. I don't know how to say it any more clearly than that. Never.

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 don't know what else I can say. I have never taken steroids. For people who think I took steroids intentionally, I'm never going to convince them. But I hope the voters judge my career fairly and don't look at one mistake.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I cannot bet my life on it, because I was not involved, that Alex Rodriguez ever used steroids. But in my opinion, I suspect he has, yes.

I don't use PEDs or steroids, I have never used it and I've never had any problems in that area.

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

I'm the only person in this sport, for the most part, that ain't on steroids. Now there's new rules in effect, yeah, you've got guys not on steroids now, but they used to be. They've always been on steroids.

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

Seems like everybody wants to know if an athlete is on drugs, so you got to stay clear of wild people.

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

When the guys test for the steroids, they should have no more fights.

I had grown used to getting a pat on the back and being told after a good result: 'Well done, David - you should be happy, you're the first clean rider.

I'm against all types of drugs and steroids, but the athlete has the right to have a private life. He has to be clean on the day of the competition. Out of competition, that's his life.

Major League Baseball is doing everything to make the game as clean as possible.

Let me make this clear: I think USADA has moved my sport forward in certain ways that I couldn't have imagined.