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"I have a lot of respect for this league, but it's naive to think people weren't using enhancing drugs before they were illegal," he said. "The difference is that the NFL recognized that steroids would hurt the league and took steps to stop their use. That's what I was trying to show."
Haslett starred at Avalon High School near Pittsburgh as a 160-pound quarterback, but played defensive end and weighed about 230 pounds in college at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Haslett said he gained that weight by working out, but began using steroids shortly after he was drafted by the Bills in 1979.
Haslett weighed about 250 pounds when he played in the NFL.
Haslett cited the side effects of steroids as the reason he quit.
"I didn't think it was very good for you. I was hyper all the time. Got bloated, a fat face," Haslett said in the Wednesday interview. "I'll tell you one thing about steroids, if you take them you still have to eat right and work your ass off. If you take them and you don't do anything, that doesn't do anything for you."
