Mark McGwire Quotations

Wouldn't it be great if we just ended up tied? I think it would be beautiful.

Like I said. I'm not going to talk about the past,

Somebody gets into September with fifty, they have a shot down the stretch to either tie, break or get close to the record.

My lawyers have advised me that I cannot answer these questions without jeopardizing my friends, my family and myself,

I have had to tell my son, my parents, my friends that I used steroids. It's been very hard. It's been very difficult.

I'd be here all of time. I just don't live here.

I think it's outstanding and I'm ecstatic they invited me,

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

Rod was a very meaningful person in my life, instrumental in my becoming the player that I was and the person that I am. I loved him a lot.

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

The only team that could have competed with us was the Cubans. It's too bad they're boycotting. The teams we're playing just can't compete with our power.

You don't know that you'll ever have to talk about the skeleton in your closet.

Baseball was a chapter in my life, and now I'm excited to start another chapter as a hitting coach.

There's not a pill or an injection that's going to give me, going to give any player the hand-eye coordination to hit a baseball.

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've moved on from it and I wish the media would, ... I've made my statement in Washington, that's my statement, and when I left Washington that's the last time I was ever going to talk about it, and that's really about it.

I've moved on from it and I wish the media would. It's pretty simple. I made my statement in Washington. That's my statement.

This is a season I will never forget and I hope everybody in baseball never forgets.

It's going to be a great weekend, a lot of memories. My four years and the four years in the city.

That statement comes from the heart and that's the way it is,

I'm ecstatic they even thought about me taking the number down and being here for the weekend, ... It's going to be outstanding. How can it not be with all of the history here and how the fans are going to be treated to a fantastic new stadium next year?

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

I'm a very positive person and I just wish everybody else would be positive.

In spring training, it was one of my goals to get fifty homers. Now everything is basically icing on the cake as far as what I can do to strive for, I surprise myself. It's unbelieveable.

In '83, we went over to Amsterdam. I just remember people saying, 'Baseball's just starting over here. They're learning how to play the game of baseball.'

I had good years when I took steroids, and I had bad years when I took steroids. But no matter what, I shouldn't have done it, and for that, I'm truly sorry.

I don't think it can be done. The season is too long and the fatigue gets to you. Maybe if I had a little help ...

I chose to be retired. I chose to start a family. That was one of the biggest reasons I got away from the game of baseball. I wanted to start a family. I was happy.

I didn't even realize it was a grand slam (number thirty-one) because I was mentally preparing myself for Andy Benes because he struck me out the first time.

So be it. I’m happy to bring the country together.

Babe Ruth, what can you say? You are almost speechless when people put your name alongside his name. I wish I can go back in time in meet him. Obviously, he was probably the most important sports figure in the world at that time. Hopefully, someday when I pass away, I get to meet him, and then I can really find out what he was really like.

I've been thinking about the record since I reached the fifty plateau. But you think about it and then you let it go because you can't waste many brain cells on hours thinking about it.

This is a great thing that's happening in baseball. We don't know if it will ever happen again.

Performance-enhancing drugs are an illusion. I wish I had never gotten involved with steroids. It was wrong. It was stupid.

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'm being embraced by the public, but also baseball is being embraced.

I think back and I really feel for what he (Roger Maris) went through, for all the negative stuff that was going on in his life. I wish it didn't happen.

Roger (Maris) was a class act and I know exactly what he went through.

What a perfect way to end the home stand, by hitting sixty-two for the city of St. Louis and all the fans. I truly wanted to do it here and I did. Thank you St. Louis.

Some of the longest home runs I've hit, I didn't actually realize they were going that far. Everyone says, 'What does it feel like to hit the ball that far?' Actually, there's no feeling at all. I know when the ball meets the bat whether or not it's left the park. It's a nice easy thing.

I think it puts baseball back on the map as a sport. It's America's pastime and just look at everyone coming out to the ballpark. It has been an exciting year.

To be the first player to do it three consecutive years (fifty or more home runs), you go back through the thousands of power hitters who played this game and nobody has ever done it, and I can sit here and say I'm the first. I'm pretty proud of that.

What he (Sammy Sosa) and I have been doing is fantastic. What we've done nobody in the game has done for thirty-seven years. I'm pretty happy with the way things have been going.

The mind is a powerful thing and most people don't use it properly.

I sort of missed one big thing, to touch first base. I hope I didn't act foolish, but this is history.

I don't know if I want to break my own record. I think I would rather leave it as it is.

When people put my name next to (Babe) Ruth's name it still blows me away. I'm still in awe.

I'm not here to discuss the past... I'm here to be positive.

Only sixteen players have hit fifty or more homers in a season. To me, that's a very special milestone.

If you want to maximize your total potential ... you have to know yourself first.

I touched Roger's bat and held it to my heart. My bat will lie next to his. I'm damn proud of that.

I tell you what, I was so shocked because I didn't think the ball had enough to get out. It's an absolutely incredible feeling. I can honestly say I did it.

I know it's tough. Everybody in baseball knows its tough. I'm just going to give it my best shot.

I mean, it's unheard of for somebody to hit 70 home runs, so I'm like in awe of myself right now.

I wish that every player could feel what I've felt in visiting ballparks. The receptions I've received, it's blown me away. It's absolutely remarkable.

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

I study pitchers. I visualize pitches. That gives me a better chance every time I step into the box. That doesn't mean I'm going to get a hit every game, but that's one of the reasons I've come a long way as a hitter

Sammy Sosa's a September player, so you have to watch out for him. It's crunch time, time to make history.

The thing I sort of get tired of hearing is if I don't hit home runs or don't get hits, that the pressure of the media is getting to me. Absolutely not. Believe me, it's not getting to me.

Do you want to know the truth, or see me hit a few dingers?