Ballparks Quotes by Mark McGwire

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

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

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

So be it. I’m happy to bring the country together.

— Mark McGwire

I don't know if I want to break my own record. I think I would rather leave it as it is.

— Mark McGwire

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

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

Performance-enhancing drugs are an illusion. I wish I had never gotten involved with steroids. It was wrong. It was stupid.

— Mark McGwire

When people put my name next to (Babe) Ruth's name it still blows me away. I'm still in awe.

— Mark McGwire

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

I know it's tough. Everybody in baseball knows its tough. I'm just going to give it my best shot.

— Mark McGwire

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

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

The mind is a powerful thing and most people don't use it properly.

— Mark McGwire

Sammy Sosa's a September player, so you have to watch out for him. It's crunch time, time to make history.

— Mark McGwire