 It was a hard time. It was something I would love to erase from my memory. |
| I hope that people learn from my mistake and I hope that the fans forgive me. |
| But as far as I'm concerned, I can still play defense. |
| The other deals with my life and my livelihood and my family and all that I stand for. |
| Well, you know, I left Cuba as a kid when I was 6 years old back in 1971. |
| There's a lot of history in Boston and a lot of history, obviously, in New York with all the championships. |
| I don't think anybody ever saw anybody taking anything. |
| The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this. |
| You just want to be able to have a nice career and make a living at it. |
| 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. |
| My life was on the line here and my career and everything I worked for, it was hanging by a thread. |
| 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. |
| I respect the Hall of Fame, and if they think that I'm worthy enough, I would be very honored. And if they don't, I gave it all that I had to this game. |
| 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. |
| I have never used steroids. Period. |
| I hope that people look at my whole career and appreciate that I've given everything that I've got. |
| I don't see myself as someone that brings a lot of luggage. |
