Mark McGwire

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.'

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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'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.