Richard Pound Quotes

If people really want to clean the sport of cycling up, all you have to do is put your money where your mouth is.

I will continue to express the fact I am for a drug-free sport and always will be.

Baseball needs to put the steroids era behind it by having and enforcing tough rules against all kinds of artificial advantages, so that spring can return.

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

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.

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

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 would think if someone connected to steroids made the Hall of Fame, that would enhance my chances of making the Hall of Fame.

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

My stance has always been that there's no place in our sport for drug users. I've always said it's a ban for life if you come up positive. I stand by that.

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.

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

I have been tested a lot by Jadco and different parties wherever I go, so there is nothing to hide.

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.

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.

You have got Team Sky leading the way on a professional front. They are quite open and have done everything possible on an anti-doping level.

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 think the cloud of suspicion has been hanging over baseball for a while. I think there has been some positive things that have come out of that. There has been a drug test policy that was been implemented that got the blessings of both the Players Association and MLB. They are trying to maintain the integrity of this sport and trying to get it back, but that cloud I think will hang over a little longer.

We have made drugs an Olympic event. It receives most of the coverage at the Games and even the suspicion of guilt can ruin a reputation for life.

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.

There's food and supplements that you can take legally that will better your body and help you stay healthy. Shortcuts are something that's always been around all sports, but as a union, we're trying to do the best we can to weed those guys out of the game.

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.