“I'm not here to talk about the past..."

- Mark McGwire, March 17, 2005, in a Congressional hearing about the use of steroids in baseball

“It's time for me to talk about the past and to confirm what people have suspected.”

- Mark McGwire, January 11, 2010, in a televised interview

 

“I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words. I sincerely apologize for offending any and all Americans, especially African Americans, for my improper comments.”

- Harry Reid, U.S. Senator, in a statement, for remarks he made in 2008 about presidential candidate Barack Obama as "light-skinned," and having "no Negro dialect."