Rafael Palmeiro Quotes

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• I have never intentionally used steroids. Never. Ever. Period.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Used, Periods, Steroid

  "Paula Zahn Now", www.cnn.com. August 3, 2005.

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• 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.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Used, Periods, Steroid

  "Orioles' Palmeiro Suspended for Steroids" by The Associated Press, www.foxnews.com. August 1, 2005.

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• It was a hard time. It was something I would love to erase from my memory.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Sports, Memories, Hard Times

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• 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.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Hard Work, Thinking, Dedication

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

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Careers, People, Appreciate

  "Orioles' Palmeiro Suspended for Steroids". www.foxnews.com. August 1, 2005.

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• You know, when you first come up, and you get called up to the big leagues, all you want to do is just, you just want to have a career, a nice career. You want to make a living at it

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Sports, Nice, Careers

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• We're (Juan Gonzalez) like brothers. I'm sure he was very happy to see me get it done, and it's not very long from his day, so hopefully I'll see that and we'll be on the same team.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Brother, Team, Long

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• I'm very happy for the Contreras family. They're out. Now they've got a chance to experience life the way I did as a kid. You know, his kids are going to have a real chance in life now, and the same way that I had it.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Sports, Real, Kids

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• I don't know what else I can say. I have never taken steroids. For people who think I took steroids intentionally, I'm never going to convince them. But I hope the voters judge my career fairly and don't look at one mistake.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Mistake, Taken, Thinking

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• When I testified in front of Congress, I know that I was testifying under oath and I told the truth.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Sports, Congress, Oath

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• But as far as I'm concerned, I can still play defense.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Play, Defense, Concerned

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• My dad was the force behind me early on. He was just infatuated with baseball. He was the one that basically taught me how to play the game. He gave a lot of his time working out with me, practicing and taking me to a lot of different games. It was hard work between both of us.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Baseball, Dad, Hard Work

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• I have never used steroids. Period.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Sports, Used, Periods

  "A-Rod Admits Using Performance Enhancers". "Morning Edition" with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. February 10, 2009.

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• I don't know who took what. That is pretty private with an individual.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Beauty, Sports, Individual

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• With all the great products that are apparently out there that are undetectable, for me to take something like that... when people take things that now aren't even being tested for, does it make any sense?

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Sports, People, Doe

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• You know, my family stood for something that they believed in, and I wasn't about to turn my back on them.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Sports, My Family, Turns

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• I don't think anybody ever saw anybody taking anything.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Sports, Thinking, Saws

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• I don't think that - you know, I'm sure that there's guys that are doing it, because I'm sure in every sport there's players who want to get the edge. But I think that it's been blown overly - way more than guys are using it in our game.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Sports, Player, Thinking

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• They try to say this era was a tainted era. But so many great players played in the last 15 to 20 years. This is going to be the best era in the history of the game in my opinion

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Sports, Player, Years

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

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Sports, Play, Defense

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• I wish that they could have more freedoms to be able to come and play. I know that the only way that they can get out is by, you know, defecting to another country or whatever, or getting on a boat

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Country, Play, Wish

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• There's a lot of history in Boston and a lot of history, obviously, in New York with all the championships.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  New York, Boston, Championship

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• Well, you know, I left Cuba as a kid when I was 6 years old back in 1971.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Kids, Years, Cuba

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• But I think mainly, you know, just up in the East Coast, it's where it all originated. You know, Philadelphia. It goes back to the beginning. So, you know, fans have a lot of history, and they love their teams up here.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Sports, Team, Thinking

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• Yes, but I - you know, it's been such a long time, I'm sure that I've got cousins and uncles that I've never met before, you know, that I've left behind.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Sports, Cousin, Uncles

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