I touched Roger's bat and held it to my heart. My bat will lie next to his. I'm damn proud of that.

I sort of missed one big thing, to touch first base. I hope I didn't act foolish, but this is history.

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

I'm not here to discuss the past. I'm here to be positive...

This is a great thing that's happening in baseball. We don't know if it will ever happen again.

I touched Roger's bat and held it to my heart. My bat will lie next to his. I'm damn proud of that.

What he (Sammy Sosa) and I have been doing is fantastic. What we've done nobody in the game has done for thirty-seven years. I'm pretty happy with the way things have been going.