genuinely talented / using steroids are not mutually exclusive
If you think you need drugs to improve your performance on the field, you must not be as good as everyone thinks you are.
A real athlete doesn't need steroids.
much like the capitalists, a great athlete is never content with a certain level of performance, no matter how high that level is. they're indoctrinated to be ultra-competitive from very very young ages and drugs are used as a tool to reach the even greater heights: Bonds 2001-2004 as a perfect example.