Quotes by Mark McGwire

About Mark McGwire:

Mark David McGwire is an American former professional baseball player currently serving as the hitting coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). As a first baseman, his MLB career spanned from 1986 to 2001 while playing for the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals. He quickly grabbed media attention in 1987 as a rookie with the Athletics by hitting 33 home runs before the All-Star break, and would lead the major leagues in home runs that year with 49, setting the single-season rookie record. He appeared in six straight All-Star Games from 1987 to 1992 despite a brief career decline related to injuries. Another string of six consecutive All-Star appearances followed from 1995 to 2001. Each season from 1996 to 1999, he again led the major leagues in home runs.
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I know it's tough. Everybody in baseball knows its tough. I'm just going to give it my best shot.

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

I tell you what, I was so shocked because I didn't think the ball had enough to get out. It's an absolutely incredible feeling. I can honestly say I did it.

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've been thinking about the record since I reached the fifty plateau. But you think about it and then you let it go because you can't waste many brain cells on hours thinking about it.

Mark McGwire

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.

Mark McGwire

Only sixteen players have hit fifty or more homers in a season. To me, that's a very special milestone.

Mark McGwire

Once and for all, I did not use steroids or any other illegal substance.

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

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

You don't know that you'll ever have to talk about the skeleton in your closet.

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

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 look like Arnold Schwartzenegger or Lou Ferrigno.

Mark McGwire

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 a baseball.

Mark McGwire

My message is that steroids is bad. Don't do them. It's a bad message.

Mark McGwire

Do you want to know the truth, or see me hit a few dingers?

Mark McGwire

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 baseball. I wanted to start a family. I was happy.

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 to get a hit every game, but that's one of the reasons I've come a long way as a hitter.

Mark McGwire

The only reason I took steroids was for my health purposes. I did not take steroids to get any gain for any strength purposes.

Mark McGwire

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 to do it here and I did. Thank you St. Louis.

Mark McGwire

Author Bio

  • NameMark McGwire
  • DescriptionMajor League Baseball coach and former player, currently in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization
  • BornOctober 1, 1963
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBaseball Player
  • AwardsPlayer Of The Year; Marvin Miller Man Of The Year Award; Rawlings Gold Glove Award