All I have is the truth, and I've proven that.

I think baseball owes McGwire a gratitude of thanks for putting baseball back on the map where it should be.

I don't think I've lost a beat at all. Because of my physique and my look...I fit in the natural action-hero role.

The truth is, no one wants to face the fact that there was a huge double standard in baseball, and white athletes like Mark McGwire, Cal Ripken Jr., and Brady Anderson were protected and coddled in a way that an outspoken Latino like me never would be. The light-eyed and white-skinned were declared household names. Canseco the Cuban was left out in the cold, where racism and double standards rule.

My motive, and I will make it clear and look you in the eyes, is to attack major league baseball. That's my motive.

Are we to say that any individual who's on steroids that has an angry moment is due to steroids? What about the individual who gets angry and kills someone who's not on steroids? What do we blame it on now?

I was a professional athlete, the best baseball player in the world at one point.