Let me start by telling you this: I have never used steroids. Period. I don't know how to say it any more clearly than that. Never.

I still feel like I can play defense at first base at a very high level

To snap my fingers and let it go away. Even if it takes the 3,000th hit with it, just let it all go away

My life was on the line here and my career and everything I worked for, it was hanging by a thread

I'm not going to say what was being used in the clubhouse; whatever happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. But it was not like it was in your face

I hope that people look at my whole career and appreciate that I've given everything that I've got.

Hard work is the main thing-hard work and dedication. And I think a great part of it is goal setting. You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them. Every goal that I've set, I've been able to achieve. That's been very fulfilling.