Yeah, I'm going to go back (after hitting his 500th home run, but commenting on reaching the 3,000 hit plateau) to my Punch-and-Judy days, hit the ball the other way, start bunting the ball a little bit. Rafael Palmeiro More Quotes by Rafael Palmeiro More Quotes From Rafael Palmeiro I hope that people look at my whole career and appreciate that I've given everything that I've got. Rafael Palmeiro appreciate careers people 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. Rafael Palmeiro games sports thinking The other deals with my life and my livelihood and my family and all that I stand for. Rafael Palmeiro deals my-family sports 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. Rafael Palmeiro careers tragedy sports 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 doe sports people 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 dedication hard-work thinking 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 dad hard-work baseball 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 team brother long 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 real sports kids 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 player sports thinking I don't think anybody ever saw anybody taking anything. Rafael Palmeiro saws sports thinking You know, my family stood for something that they believed in, and I wasn't about to turn my back on them. Rafael Palmeiro turns my-family sports I don't know who took what. That is pretty private with an individual. Rafael Palmeiro individual beauty sports There's a lot of history in Boston and a lot of history, obviously, in New York with all the championships. Rafael Palmeiro boston championship new-york But as far as I'm concerned, I can still play defense. Rafael Palmeiro concerned defense play When I testified in front of Congress, I know that I was testifying under oath and I told the truth. Rafael Palmeiro oath congress sports I hope that people learn from my mistake and I hope that the fans forgive me. Rafael Palmeiro mistake sports people I have never used steroids. Period. Rafael Palmeiro used periods sports I don't see myself as someone that brings a lot of luggage. Rafael Palmeiro brings someone see myself I said what I said before Congress because I meant every word of it. Rafael Palmeiro every because congress said
