John McEnroe Quotes

The steroids I did were on a very, very low dosage. I didn't want to take a lot of that. I didn't want to look like Arnold Schwartzenegger or Lou Ferrigno.

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.

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

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 never see bodybuilding on the sports page and it is not considered to be a sport because of the drug question, because of steroids, let's be honest.

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

Steroids, used correctly, will not only make you stronger and sexier, they will also make you healthier.

Back in the 80s we were very cautious about steroids.

What was funny, going to the gym, you see all these guys who are just massive. There's no way a person can naturally get that way. In the gym, you meet these guys and you talk to them, and everybody's really willing and open to explain to you what cycle they're on and to help you get on it.

Steroids are used in all sports.

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

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

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.

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

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 steroids. Steroids are bad.

There are just so many substances that are considered banned substances because in some way it could help your performance on the court. As athletes, we should be responsible for what we put in our bodies.

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 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.

There are a lot of things that can be learned from the darker corners of athletics. You have doctors who view bodybuilders as cavalier amateurs of science. And then you have the bodybuilders who view the doctors as too conservative to do anything interesting. So I've tried to become the middleman for putting some of those pieces together.

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.

There's other ways to make your head and muscles bigger than just steroids.