I remember trying steroids very briefly in the 1989 -1990 off season, and then after I was injured in 1993, I used steroids again.
Football, basketball, and the Olympic sports all have their problems with banned substances.
I felt betrayed by him, extremely betrayed. He made me believe that if I followed a certain protocol of supplements and different drugs that I could become number 1 in the world.
They pick me [to be tested for steroids] every time. I don't know why. I don't know if it's because I'm a big guy, or what, but all I know is all they are going to find is a lot of rice and beans.
Anabolic steroids were not banned until after the 72 Olympics.
A cloud hangs over baseball. It's a cloud called drugs and it's permeated our game.
I do feel I was overshadowed by some of those guys (who took steroids) . . . I had a diminished-skills clause written in after I hit 29 home runs and drove in 92 RBIs, and I think those (steroid-aided home run hitters) are partly to blame.
Back in the 80s we were very cautious about steroids.
Yesterday the DEA raided several NFL teams suspected of giving prescription painkillers to their players. In its defense, the New York Jets' doctor said, 'We don't give painkillers to our players. We give them to our fans.'
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.
Barry Bonds in the news. Yesterday Barry Bonds' agent said that Bonds could hit as many as 1,000 home runs. And the agent admitted he's on more drugs than Barry Bonds.
But I'm still not 100% convinced that Roger Clemens took steroids. I'm not.
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.
These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes.
Despite reforms in steroid control, serious problems still occur in and out of baseball.
The perception is that baseball's players' union is protecting players to use steroids and other illegal performance-enhancing drugs.
You can take a substance that works in your system, but then you take this over here that's not banned, and this over here that's not banned, but if you mix them together, you've got a banned substance in your system.
My cocktail, so to speak, was only EPO, but not a lot, transfusions and testosterone.
Nobody has ever said anything about Marion Jones every using performance-enhancing drugs and they never will.
I never lifted a weight in my life. Why am I going to do steroids? That's not going to do me any good. We didn't have any weights in our clubhouse. We had one exercise bike and that was for the guy who tweaked his hamstring. And that thing didn't even work half the time.
In regards to steroids, I think we're all to blame, all of baseball. I never realized how far-reaching this problem has been.
