Rafael Palmeiro

“I have never used steroids. Period.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“To snap my fingers and let it go away. Even if it takes the 3,000th hit with it, just let it all go away.”

“You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them.”

“I don't think that - you know, I'm sure that there's guys that are doing it, because I'm sure in every sport there's players who want to get the edge. But I think that it's been blown overly - way more than guys are using it in our game.”

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

“I don't think anybody ever saw anybody taking anything.”

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

“But as far as I'm concerned, I can still play defense.”

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

“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.”