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 …

- Rafael Palmeiro

I respect the Hall of Fame, and if they think that I'm worthy enough, I would be very honored. And if they don't, I gave it all that I had to this ga…

- Rafael Palmeiro

Hard work is the main thing-hard work and dedication. And I think a great part of it is goal setting. You set your goals to a point where they're att…

- Rafael Palmeiro

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

- Rafael Palmeiro

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…

- Rafael Palmeiro

Yeah, I'm going to go back (after hitting his 500th home run, but commenting on reaching the 3,000 hit plateau) to my Punch-and-Judy days, hit the ba…

- Rafael Palmeiro

Let me start by telling you this: I have never used steroids. Period. I don't know how to say it any more clearly than that. Never.

- Rafael Palmeiro

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…

- Rafael Palmeiro

It was a hard time. It was something I would love to erase from my memory.

- Rafael Palmeiro