I have never intentionally used steroids. Never. Ever. Period.

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

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.

I have never used steroids. Period.

I hope that people learn from my mistake and I hope that the fans forgive me.

The other deals with my life and my livelihood and my family and all that I stand for.

Well, you know, I left Cuba as a kid when I was 6 years old back in 1971.

I love baseball, and the door remains open.

My parents didn't agree with what was going on, you know, with the communists coming in, Fidel Castro. I didn't see the reason why I needed to go back there and be a part of that exhibition

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 game.

When I testified in front of Congress, I know that I was testifying under oath and I told the truth.

If your tears have lost the ability to hide your pain... why shedding them?

This principle eludes most people, but it is critical: You are not your idea, and if you identify too closely with your ideas, you will take offense when they are challenged.

Forgiveness isn’t my best thing.Easier staying pissed. But I’mtired of being pissed all the time.Tired of feeling hurt by stuff thatcan never be fixed because it isan indelible part of the past.

Teaching is the highest form of understanding.

I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.

Nothing ruins the mood during foreplay more than the recurring image of your sixty-five-year-old homeroom teacher trying to stretch a condom over a cucumber.

It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant.

Jiu-Jitsu is like a philosophy. It helps me learn how to face life.

The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.

Those full of fear were the most dangerous of people.