# Transcript

DR XAND VAN TULLEKEN
So you ran clean for a long time. You were winning races, breaking records. And then you started taking drugs. So what changed? Why did you do that?
TIM MONTGOMERY
It wasn't enough. I was still losing on occasions. I just didn't feel like I was going to be able to beat the guys naturally. When I started reading about PEDs and steroids and everything, it was just like, this is going to make you a superhero. And when I found out that that was going to be the way for me to get ahead, I might have swallowed once, but I didn't swallow twice. I went right for it. And when I done it, I went straight to the front where I belonged.
DR XAND VAN TULLEKEN
So that is very interesting to me, the idea that drugs got you to your full potential, where you should be.
TIM MONTGOMERY
Yeah, I got to say, steroids did get me to my full potential.
DR XAND VAN TULLEKEN
But while Tim was seeing results on the track, drugs were affecting his body in negative ways, too. What about side effects?
TIM MONTGOMERY
You never think about them.
DR XAND VAN TULLEKEN
Really?
TIM MONTGOMERY
No. Now, I'm going through it. It's just so many things that I could use to do that I cannot do anymore.
DR XAND VAN TULLEKEN
Your body is not working as well as it used to because of the drugs.
TIM MONTGOMERY
Right.