To be the first player to do it three consecutive years (fifty or more home runs), you go back through the thousands of power hitters who played this game and nobody has ever done it, and I can sit here and say I'm the first. I'm pretty proud of that.

I'm being embraced by the public, but also baseball is being embraced.

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.

I know it's tough. Everybody in baseball knows its tough. I'm just going to give it my best shot.

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 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.

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