Dorian Yates Quotes

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 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.

Steroids are for guys who want to cheat opponents.

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

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.

I'm against steroids. Steroids are bad.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

It is essential that we put an end to steroid abuse and set a better example for aspiring young athletes to follow, so that some day, when they make it in the All Star Game, it will be because of their own natural talents, and not because of a performance enhancing product.

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

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.

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 do not take steroids. I never have. It's sad to me that people want to point fingers. I don't do that. That's not me. I wouldn't feel like a human being.

Steroids do not guarantee you're going to have success. I think a lot of people think that they will, but they don't.