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

Sammy Sosa's a September player, so you have to watch out for him. It's crunch time, time to make history.

I didn't even realize it was a grand slam (number thirty-one) because I was mentally preparing myself for Andy Benes because he struck me out the first time.

I think back and I really feel for what he (Roger Maris) went through, for all the negative stuff that was going on in his life. I wish it didn't happen.

Performance-enhancing drugs are an illusion. I wish I had never gotten involved with steroids. It was wrong. It was stupid.

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

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.