“There are cultural obstacles in addressing this. When you really pry under the lid, it is really ugly. We love our sports, and we want them to be this mythical fantasyland. But in our heart of hearts, we know that it isn't, and that's the cultural conundrum.”
“This is a societal deal. We embrace instant gratification. Society is embracing its own addiction to bigger, faster and stronger and winning at all costs. We expect medical technology to give us drugs that make us perform better in everyday life.”
“Athletes didn't invent this stuff. We opened Pandora's box. We're still trying to figure out how to close it. It's bottomless. It's impossible to eliminate them. Let's accept it's inevitable. But don't put athletes on a moral pedestal when it's an absolute joke. Don't speak of purity and ideals. There's too much money invested in performance.”
“It's as much drug abuse to take steroids as heroin or cocaine. When most people imagine drug abusers, their thoughts are of street people living in the gutter. Realistically, these people can't afford drugs, but professional athletes and middle and upper class teenagers can.”
“When they tell you that you need a new heart or you're going to die, you have time to reflect on the decisions you made in life. Steroids impacted my life in a negative way,”
“To say that anabolic steroids didn't play a role in the Steelers' success would be a falsehood, ... But this isn't a Steelers problem. It's a league-wide problem. ... No one ever told me not to use or take steroids, or suggested I was killing myself.”
“To say that anabolic steroids didn't play a role in the Steelers' success would be a falsehood. But this isn't a Steelers problem. It's a league-wide problem. ... No one ever told me not to use or take steroids, or suggested I was killing myself.”
