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Top 20 Mark McGwire Quotes (2025 Update)

Mark McGwire Quote: “Performance-enhancing drugs are an illusion. I wish I had never gotten involved with steroids. It was wrong. It was stupid.”

1. “Performance-enhancing drugs are an illusion. I wish I had never gotten involved with steroids. It was wrong. It was stupid.”

— Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Quote: “I know it’s tough. Everybody in baseball knows its tough. I’m just going to give it my best shot.”

2. “I know it’s tough. Everybody in baseball knows its tough. I’m just going to give it my best shot.”

— Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Quote: “The only reason I took steroids was for my health purposes. I did not take steroids to get any gain for any strength purposes.”

3. “The only reason I took steroids was for my health purposes. I did not take steroids to get any gain for any strength purposes.”

— Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Quote: “The mind is a powerful thing and most people don’t use it properly.”

4. “The mind is a powerful thing and most people don’t use it properly.”

— Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Quote: “I mean, it’s unheard of for somebody to hit 70 home runs, so I’m like in awe of myself right now.”

5. “I mean, it’s unheard of for somebody to hit 70 home runs, so I’m like in awe of myself right now.”

— Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Quote: “Do you want to know the truth, or see me hit a few dingers?”

6. “Do you want to know the truth, or see me hit a few dingers?”

— Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Quote: “I touched Roger’s bat and held it to my heart. My bat will lie next to his. I’m damn proud of that.”

7. “I touched Roger’s bat and held it to my heart. My bat will lie next to his. I’m damn proud of that.”

— Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Quote: “The thing I sort of get tired of hearing is if I don’t hit home runs or don’t get hits, that the pressure of the media is getting to me. Absolutely not. Believe me, it’s not getting to me.”

8. “The thing I sort of get tired of hearing is if I don’t hit home runs or don’t get hits, that the pressure of the media is getting to me. Absolutely not. Believe me, it’s not getting to me.”

— Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Quote: “Some of the longest home runs I’ve hit, I didn’t actually realize they were going that far. Everyone says, ‘What does it feel like to hit the ball that far?’ Actually, there’s no feeling at all. I know when the ball meets the bat whether or not it’s left the park. It’s a nice easy thing.”

9. “Some of the longest home runs I’ve hit, I didn’t actually realize they were going that far. Everyone says, ‘What does it feel like to hit the ball that far?’ Actually, there’s no feeling at all. I know when the ball meets the bat whether or not it’s left the park. It’s a nice easy thing.”

— Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Quote: “I sort of missed one big thing, to touch first base. I hope I didn’t act foolish, but this is history.”

10. “I sort of missed one big thing, to touch first base. I hope I didn’t act foolish, but this is history.”

— Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Quote: “I don’t know if I want to break my own record. I think I would rather leave it as it is.”

11. “I don’t know if I want to break my own record. I think I would rather leave it as it is.”

— Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Quote: “I study pitchers. I visualize pitches. That gives me a better chance every time I step into the box. That doesn’t mean I’m going to get a hit every game, but that’s one of the reasons I’ve come a long way as a hitter.”

12. “I study pitchers. I visualize pitches. That gives me a better chance every time I step into the box. That doesn’t mean I’m going to get a hit every game, but that’s one of the reasons I’ve come a long way as a hitter.”

— Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Quote: “What a perfect way to end the home stand, by hitting sixty-two for the city of St. Louis and all the fans. I truly wanted to do it here and I did. Thank you St. Louis.”

13. “What a perfect way to end the home stand, by hitting sixty-two for the city of St. Louis and all the fans. I truly wanted to do it here and I did. Thank you St. Louis.”

— Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Quote: “Once and for all, I did not use steroids or any other illegal substance.”

14. “Once and for all, I did not use steroids or any other illegal substance.”

— Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Quote: “So be it. I’m happy to bring the country together.”

15. “So be it. I’m happy to bring the country together.”

— Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Quote: “I tell you what, I was so shocked because I didn’t think the ball had enough to get out. It’s an absolutely incredible feeling. I can honestly say I did it.”

16. “I tell you what, I was so shocked because I didn’t think the ball had enough to get out. It’s an absolutely incredible feeling. I can honestly say I did it.”

— Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Quote: “Sammy Sosa’s a September player, so you have to watch out for him. It’s crunch time, time to make history.”

17. “Sammy Sosa’s a September player, so you have to watch out for him. It’s crunch time, time to make history.”

— Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Quote: “This is a great thing that’s happening in baseball. We don’t know if it will ever happen again.”

18. “This is a great thing that’s happening in baseball. We don’t know if it will ever happen again.”

— Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Quote: “Only sixteen players have hit fifty or more homers in a season. To me, that’s a very special milestone.”

19. “Only sixteen players have hit fifty or more homers in a season. To me, that’s a very special milestone.”

— Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Quote: “I’ve been thinking about the record since I reached the fifty plateau. But you think about it and then you let it go because you can’t waste many brain cells on hours thinking about it.”

20. “I’ve been thinking about the record since I reached the fifty plateau. But you think about it and then you let it go because you can’t waste many brain cells on hours thinking about it.”

— Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Quote: “I think it puts baseball back on the map as a sport. It’s America’s pastime and just look at everyone coming out to the ballpark. It has been an exciting year.”

21. “I think it puts baseball back on the map as a sport. It’s America’s pastime and just look at everyone coming out to the ballpark. It has been an exciting year.”

— Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Quote: “I’m being embraced by the public, but also baseball is being embraced.”

22. “I’m being embraced by the public, but also baseball is being embraced.”

— Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire Quote: “I wish that every player could feel what I’ve felt in visiting ballparks. The receptions I’ve received, it’s blown me away. It’s absolutely remarkable.”

23. “I wish that every player could feel what I’ve felt in visiting ballparks. The receptions I’ve received, it’s blown me away. It’s absolutely remarkable.”

— Mark McGwire

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