Sports Integrity Quotes

You ask me: 'Was he a fair player?' I say: 'No, I'm sorry, for me he was not a fair player.' I just think I respect him highly as a quality player. I did not like some things he did on the football pitch and I have the right to say that. It's not because you are older, suddenly, that you are a saint.

We're concerned how gambling and betting affects the NHL game and changes the perception of and challenges the integrity of the NHL game.

We, as a league, must do a better job of protecting the integrity of the game and the safety of our players.

There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in any sport.

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

At the top end I do think it's time we have goal-line technology, I'm not mad on other technology but certainly goal-line technology.

Countries like Jamaica do not have a random program, so they can go months without being tested. I'm not saying anyone is on anything, but everyone needs to be on a level playing field.

I play with a lot of guys who say they're a five handicap, and they shoot 110. And then you play with guys who say they are a 20 and they shoot 75.

Tony La Russa was quoted as saying that I was using steroids back then, and I was talking about it in the clubhouse, openly.

Swimming and all other sports have got to get to that place where you have the trust of the people watching it.

I myself am frustrated in just where sports are at. It's a hard thing when you're out there working every day, and you know that someone else is cheating and they may not necessarily get caught.

What is there not to market? I fight like hell. I'm built a certain way, never taken performance-enhancing drugs.

The problem is not with the athletes, but with us. No matter how blatant the drug use may be, we don't stop watching the Tour de France. Maybe we should just turn off the television and get on our own bikes.

Steroids are used in all sports.

We have to show zero tolerance on match and frame-fixing. There is no other option than a life ban.

An athlete may not know what they're putting in their body.

The cheats always have a way of justifying their behaviour - everyone else is getting away with it, so why shouldn't I? But because they're so reliant on the drugs - and the drugs are not always perfect, you're not guaranteed to peak at a big event - they don't have the confidence to look in the mirror and know that they can go out and give their best. If you're clean and you've prepared well for a race, that's where you have an edge.

And that's why, you know, it's players like Randy Moss that unfortunately put a stain on the entire league.

You can't interview Pete Rose and not ask about betting on the Reds and being banned from baseball.

I think if you deflate a football, then you're definitely cheating.

I don't like to be compared to Joe Jackson. because Joe Jackson, I think, took money to throw World Series games. Well, I know I bet on my own team to win. There's pretty much a big difference there, but both of us were wrong.

Let me make this clear: I think USADA has moved my sport forward in certain ways that I couldn't have imagined.

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.

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

I can't criticize an athlete if they say they're injured.