Top 17 Mark McGwire Quotes

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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