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I always tried to be Mark McGwire and hit homers like he did. I was kind of following his race, too, when he was trying to break the record.

David Ortiz is a genius. He's incredible to watch. Over and over, he hits home runs that are simply transcendent.

The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always had the hood up. He always wanted to close his own deal. He never talked to you because he was battling so hard. I sure as hell don't miss batting against him, but I miss him in the game.

I'm sure people will wonder if I could have hit all those home runs had I never taken steroids.

I'm mad at Hank Aaron for deciding to play one more season. I threw him his last home run and thought I'd be remembered forever. Now, I'll have to throw him another.

People I look to: again, Hank Aaron, man you challenged the status quo and the records of the game. Monumental feats in an era where people didn't like that.

When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs.

Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.

You're not going to have a 1.000 batting average, but the way you get votes is, you just push and you push. I'm not afraid to do that.

People think of the greatest home run hitters of all time and think of Babe Ruth; they don't think about that Warren Spahn hit more than anybody.