Mark McGwire Quotes

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• If you want to maximize your total potential ... you have to know yourself first.
• 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 ballpark.…
• What a perfect way to end the home stand, by hitting sixty-two for the city of St. Louis and all the fans. I truly wanted…
• Babe Ruth, what can you say? You are almost speechless when people put your name alongside his name. I wish I can go back in…
• So be it. I’m happy to bring the country together.
• The mind is a powerful thing and most people don't use it properly.
• 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 to…
• I don't know if I want to break my own record. I think I would rather leave it as it is.
• I sort of missed one big thing, to touch first base. I hope I didn't act foolish, but this is history.
• I'm not here to discuss the past... I'm here to be positive.
• Do you want to know the truth, or see me hit a few dingers?
• Only sixteen players have hit fifty or more homers in a season. To me, that's a very special milestone.
• Once and for all, I did not use steroids or any other illegal substance.
• 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 absolutely remarkable.
• I mean, it's unheard of for somebody to hit 70 home runs, so I'm like in awe of myself right now.
• I remember trying steroids very briefly in the 1989 -1990 off season, and then after I was injured in 1993, I used steroids again.
• Performance-enhancing drugs are an illusion. I wish I had never gotten involved with steroids. It was wrong. It was stupid.
• The only reason I took steroids was for my health purposes. I did not take steroids to get any gain for any strength purposes.
• I chose to be retired. I chose to start a family. That was one of the biggest reasons I got away from the game of…
• I know it's tough. Everybody in baseball knows its tough. I'm just going to give it my best shot.

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