Schwarzenegger:
'No regrets' about steroid use

Governor emphasizes that drugs
were legal when he used them

Lenny Ignelzi / AP	California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, pictured on Thursday, Feb. 10, has said he doesn't regret using steroids during his years as a champion body builder.

NBC Video: Politics

AFP - Getty Images

Obama pardons Thanksgiving turkey
Nov. 25: In keeping with annual White House tradition, President Barack Obama pardoned “Courage,” the turkey.

Another great pundit on the rise?

Inside Obama’s first state dinner

Is politics unfair?

Will more troops end Afghan war quicker?

Obama grants 'Courage' a pardon

Beg your (Turkey) pardon

Happy Thanksgiving

Slideshow

The Week in Political Cartoons
Msnbc.com’s political cartoonists take a look back at the past week.

more photos

updated 10:34 a.m. ET Feb. 26, 2005

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has acknowledged using steroids during his years as a champion body builder, said he doesn’t regret using the performance-enhancing drugs.

In an interview to be broadcast Sunday, Schwarzenegger told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, “I have no regrets about it, because at that time, it was something new that came on the market, and we went to the doctor and did it under doctors’ supervision.”

Schwarzenegger has acknowledged taking steroids, but pointed out that they were legal at the time.

Story continues below ↓

advertisement | your ad here

“We were experimenting with it. It was a new thing. So you can’t roll the clock back and say, ’Now I would change my mind on this,”’ he said, according to an excerpt posted on abcnews.com.

The former seven-time Mr. Olympia said he would not encourage drug use because it sent the wrong message to children. But he said he had no problem with athletes taking nutritional supplements and other legal substances to improve their performance.