Occupation: Baseball Player Birth: September 24, 1964
The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this..
I don't know what else I can say. I have never taken steroids. For people who think I took steroids intentionally, I'm never going to convince them. ….
The other deals with my life and my livelihood and my family and all that I stand for..
I hope that people learn from my mistake and I hope that the fans forgive me..
I love baseball, and the door remains open..
My life was on the line here and my career and everything I worked for, it was hanging by a thread.
You know, my family stood for something that they believed in, and I wasn't about to turn my back on them..
I still feel like I can play defense at first base at a very high level.
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….
I would love to go back and help rebuild that country and help - you know, kind of like what's going on with Iraq right now. You know, they've got a ….
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….
I don't think anybody ever saw anybody taking anything..
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.
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 beh….
But as far as I'm concerned, I can still play defense..
You know, when you first come up, and you get called up to the big leagues, all you want to do is just, you just want to have a career, a nice career….
Well, you know, I left Cuba as a kid when I was 6 years old back in 1971..
I have never intentionally used steroids. Never. Ever. Period..
There's a lot of history in Boston and a lot of history, obviously, in New York with all the championships..
We're (Juan Gonzalez) like brothers. I'm sure he was very happy to see me get it done, and it's not very long from his day, so hopefully I'll see tha….
My dad was the force behind me early on. He was just infatuated with baseball. He was the one that basically taught me how to play the game. He gave ….