If you want to maximize your total potential ... you have to know yourself first. — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
Baseball was a chapter in my life, and now I'm excited to start another chapter as a hitting coach. — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
This is a great thing that's happening in baseball. We don't know if it will ever happen again. — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
There's not a pill or an injection that's going to give me, going to give any player the hand-eye coordination to hit… — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
Only sixteen players have hit fifty or more homers in a season. To me, that's a very special milestone. — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
I mean, it's unheard of for somebody to hit 70 home runs, so I'm like in awe of myself right now. — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
Roger (Maris) was a class act and I know exactly what he went through. — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
When people put my name next to (Babe) Ruth's name it still blows me away. I'm still in awe. — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
I think it puts baseball back on the map as a sport. It's America's pastime and just look at everyone coming out… — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
In '83, we went over to Amsterdam. I just remember people saying, 'Baseball's just starting over here. They're learning how to play… — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
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… — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
The thing I sort of get tired of hearing is if I don't hit home runs or don't get hits, that the… — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
I chose to be retired. I chose to start a family. That was one of the biggest reasons I got away from… — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
To be the first player to do it three consecutive years (fifty or more home runs), you go back through the thousands… — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
I think back and I really feel for what he (Roger Maris) went through, for all the negative stuff that was going… — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
I study pitchers. I visualize pitches. That gives me a better chance every time I step into the box. That doesn't mean… — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
Babe Ruth, what can you say? You are almost speechless when people put your name alongside his name. I wish I can… — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
I know it's tough. Everybody in baseball knows its tough. I'm just going to give it my best shot. — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
I'm being embraced by the public, but also baseball is being embraced. — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
I touched Roger's bat and held it to my heart. My bat will lie next to his. I'm damn proud of that. — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
Sammy Sosa's a September player, so you have to watch out for him. It's crunch time, time to make history. — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
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… — Mark McGwire Copy Share
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… — Mark McGwire Copy Share
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. — Mark McGwire Copy Share
I don't know if I want to break my own record. I think I would rather leave it as it is. — Mark McGwire Copy Share
The thing I sort of get tired of hearing is if I don't hit home runs or don't get hits, that the pressure of… — Mark McGwire Copy Share
I study pitchers. I visualize pitches. That gives me a better chance every time I step into the box. That doesn't mean I'm going… — Mark McGwire Copy Share
Performance-enhancing drugs are an illusion. I wish I had never gotten involved with steroids. It was wrong. It was stupid. — Mark McGwire Copy Share
When people put my name next to (Babe) Ruth's name it still blows me away. I'm still in awe. — Mark McGwire Copy Share
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… — Mark McGwire Copy Share
I know it's tough. Everybody in baseball knows its tough. I'm just going to give it my best shot. — Mark McGwire Copy Share
I touched Roger's bat and held it to my heart. My bat will lie next to his. I'm damn proud of that. — Mark McGwire Copy Share
I remember trying steroids very briefly in the 1989 -1990 off season, and then after I was injured in 1993, I used steroids again. — Mark McGwire Copy Share
Sammy Sosa's a September player, so you have to watch out for him. It's crunch time, time to make history. — Mark McGwire Copy Share
