Jim Sensenbrenner Quotes

Several professional athletes have wrongly taught many young Americans by example that the only way to succeed in sports is to take steroids.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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 for a drug-free sport and always will be.

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.

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

I'm against steroids. Steroids are bad.

There are a lot of guys getting popped for steroids and other PEDS, and I can honestly say I've never taken a PED in my life. I've never even thought about it.

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.

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.

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.'

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

When you use the steroids, you use them for a long time. When you use the steroids for a long time, you have a problem. It’s a drug and it’s not good for the sport.

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