Mark McGwire Quotes

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

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.

Anabolic steroids were not banned until after the 72 Olympics.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

I don't like to use - I never use - any kind of drugs to help me in my fights. I don't like that. I don't like drugs.

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.

I never took banned substances, but I have been courted by doctors who wanted to improve my blood in the laboratory. My mother always put them on a flight.

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?

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.

I don't recommend steroids for everyone, and I don't recommend growth hormones for everyone. But for certain individuals, I truly believe, because I've experimented with it for so many years, that it can make an average athlete a super athlete. It can make a super athlete - incredible. Just legendary.

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.

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

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