I'm ecstatic they even thought about me taking the number down and being here for the weekend, ... It's going to be outstanding. How can it not be with all of the history here and how the fans are going to be treated to a fantastic new stadium next year? |
I'm not here to discuss the past, ... I'm here to be positive. |
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. |
I've moved on from it and I wish the media would, ... I've made my statement in Washington, that's my statement, and when I left Washington that's the last time I was ever going to talk about it, and that's really about it. |
I've moved on from it and I wish the media would. It's pretty simple. I made my statement in Washington. That's my statement. |
In spring training, it was one of my goals to get fifty homers. Now everything is basically icing on the cake as far as what I can do to strive for, I surprise myself. It's unbelieveable. |
It's going to be a great weekend, a lot of memories. My four years and the four years in the city. |
Like I said. I'm not going to talk about the past, |
My lawyers have advised me that I cannot answer these questions without jeopardizing my friends, my family and myself, |
not here to talk about the past. |
Once and for all, I did not use steroids or any other illegal substance. |
Only sixteen players have hit fifty or more homers in a season. To me, that's a very special milestone. |
Proof Positive, |
Rod was a very meaningful person in my life, instrumental in my becoming the player that I was and the person that I am. I loved him a lot. |
Somebody gets into September with fifty, they have a shot down the stretch to either tie, break or get close to the record. |