Latest Jim Lehrer Quotes from Interviews

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• I was never promised any special treatment or consideration for fingering star players. I was never coerced to provide information against anyone. All that I was ever told to was to tell the truth to the best of my ability. And that is what I have done.

  Jim Lehrer

  Stars, Player, Special

• I have no reason to lie and every reason not to. If I do lie, I will be prosecuted.

  Jim Lehrer

  Lying, Reason, No Reason

• I told the truth about steroids and human growth hormone. I injected those drugs into the body of Roger Clemens at his direction.
  Unfortunately, Roger has denied this and has led a full-court attack on my credibility

  Jim Lehrer

  Growth Hormones, Drug, Body

• Let me be clear: Despite Roger Clemens' statements to the contrary, I never injected Roger Clemens, or anyone else, with lidocaine or B-12.

  Jim Lehrer

  Roger, Let Me, Clear

• Make no mistake: When I told Senator Mitchell that I injected Roger Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs, I told the truth.

  Jim Lehrer

  Mistake, Drug, Roger

• I have been accused of something I'm not guilty of. How do you prove a negative? No matter what we discuss here today, I'm never going to have my name restored. But I've got to try and set the record straight.

  Jim Lehrer

  Names, Trying, Negative

• I'm not saying Senator Mitchell's report is entirely wrong. I am saying Brian McNamee's statements about me are wrong. Let me be clear: I have never taken steroids or HGH.

  Jim Lehrer

  Taken, Brian, Steroid

• If McNamee is lying, then he has acted inexcusably, and he has made Clemens an innocent victim. If Clemens isn't telling the truth, then he has acted shamefully and has smeared McNamee. I don't think there's anything in between.

  Jim Lehrer

  Lying, Thinking, Telling The Truth