I'm sure people will wonder if I could have hit all those home runs had I never taken steroids.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had not hit those sixty-one home runs.
You hit home runs not by chance but by preparation.
In 2007, I hit 50 home runs. That was pretty cool. I never thought I'd be able to do that. At the time, I didn't even think it was that big of a deal for some reason. But now, looking back, I realize it was pretty cool.
I don't think I'm a home run hitter. Most of my home runs are line drives. If I hit it, thanks God. But it's not the kind of thing that I think about. I just go out there and try to have a better season than I had before. Home runs are not in my mind.
But I'm still not 100% convinced that Roger Clemens took steroids. I'm not.
I have never used steroids. Period.
I do not take steroids. I never have. It's sad to me that people want to point fingers. I don't do that. That's not me. I wouldn't feel like a human being.
I remember trying steroids very briefly in the 1989 -1990 off season, and then after I was injured in 1993, I used steroids again.
I don't try to hit home runs. I just try to meet the ball and get base hits.
I was afraid if I started to hit home runs, my average would drop.