Who is a bigger egomaniac — Clemens or Bonds?
JP: I think both. Those last few years were painful for Clemens, the desperate way he was basically inviting attention and asking people to ask him to come back. I think you kind of have to have an ego to be that good, you can’t help developing one when you’re a star on that level. It’s a tie. FH: Is there a particular point — and it seems like there could be many in the book — but is there a particular point where you think Roger Clemens became “The Roger Clemens,” where a great pitcher sort of bought into his own hype, started believing his own press clippings and set him on the road to where he is today? JP: It started with his brother [Randy]. With most pro athletes, I think you learn that either you win and you’re happy or you lose and you’re a complete and total loser, and Randy was the first one to teach him that. I think the first real major change was at San Jacinto [College], where he suddenly started throwing in the 90s, and a lot of his teammates talked about his attitude
