Jake Arrieta Quotes

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.

The perception is that baseball's players' union is protecting players to use steroids and other illegal performance-enhancing drugs.

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

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.

I am against performance-enhancing drugs. I have never taken them and I never will take them.

Major League Baseball has always recognized the influence that our stars can have on the youth of America. As such, we are concerned that recent revelations and allegations of steroid use have been sending a terrible message to young people.

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

In regards to steroids, I think we're all to blame, all of baseball. I never realized how far-reaching this problem has been.

I have never used steroids. Period.

You can't really describe how difficult it is to deal with. It is any athlete's worst nightmare to be accused of cheating by taking drugs. It really is very difficult to put into words how it makes you feel.

The national pastime is juiced.

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

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

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

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

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.'

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

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.

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.

But I'm still not 100% convinced that Roger Clemens took steroids. I'm not.

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.

It sounded good. It was a story that Victor Conte told me to use. I was contacted by Dr. Goldman, and that's how the story came about. And that was my first time ever meeting, or speaking, to Dr. Goldman.