Bud Selig Accept Quotations

While I would prefer to resolve this problem directly to the Players Association and jointly implement a much stronger drug-testing policy, one modeled after our program in the minor leagues, I gladly will accept whatever help is offered by Senator McCain to achieve our ultimate goal,

If we cannot resolve this issue privately, I gladly will accept whatever help is offered by Senator McCain to achieve our ultimate goal,

I will suspend any player who tests positive for an illegal steroid, ... There will be no exceptions. The union is aware of that, and they accept it.

The intensity that I feel about this issue is greater today than it has ever been and the time is past due for the Players Association to accept my proposal to eliminate steroids and other performance-enhancing substances from our game.