Top 25 Rafael Palmeiro Quotes

But as far as I’m concerned, I can still play defense.

I don’t think anybody ever saw anybody taking anything.

With all the great products that are apparently out there that are undetectable, for me to take something like that… when people take things that now aren’t even being tested for, does it make any sense?

I don’t see myself as someone that brings a lot of luggage.

They try to say this era was a tainted era. But so many great players played in the last 15 to 20 years. This is going to be the best era in the history of the game in my opinion.

I’m very happy for the Contreras family. They’re out. Now they’ve got a chance to experience life the way I did as a kid. You know, his kids are going to have a real chance in life now, and the same way that I had it.

The other deals with my life and my livelihood and my family and all that I stand for.

I said what I said before Congress because I meant every word of it.

When I testified in front of Congress, I know that I was testifying under oath and I told the truth.

My life was on the line here and my career and everything I worked for, it was hanging by a thread.

My parents didn’t agree with what was going on, you know, with the communists coming in, Fidel Castro. I didn’t see the reason why I needed to go back there and be a part of that exhibition.

I hope that people look at my whole career and appreciate that I’ve given everything that I’ve got.

I’m not going to say what was being used in the clubhouse; whatever happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. But it was not like it was in your face.

Yes, but I – you know, it’s been such a long time, I’m sure that I’ve got cousins and uncles that I’ve never met before, you know, that I’ve left behind.

I don’t know who took what. That is pretty private with an individual.

I wish that they could have more freedoms to be able to come and play. I know that the only way that they can get out is by, you know, defecting to another country or whatever, or getting on a boat.

Well, you know, I left Cuba as a kid when I was 6 years old back in 1971.

I still feel like I can play defense at first base at a very high level.

But I think mainly, you know, just up in the East Coast, it’s where it all originated. You know, Philadelphia. It goes back to the beginning. So, you know, fans have a lot of history, and they love their teams up here.

You know, my family stood for something that they believed in, and I wasn’t about to turn my back on them.

I hope that people learn from my mistake and I hope that the fans forgive me.

I’m not sure. I did not set it up. I have never done a polygraph test in my life. I didn’t know what to expect. I was just there to answer the questions that they put in front of me.

You just want to be able to have a nice career and make a living at it.

There’s a lot of history in Boston and a lot of history, obviously, in New York with all the championships.

I love baseball, and the door remains open.