Marion Lois Jones

Marion Lois Jones (born October 12, 1975), also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is an American former world champion track-and-field athlete and former professional basketball player. Quotes "I surely wish that I could go back and change certain things in my past, on one hand, but then I wouldn't be who I am today, someone who I'm actually really proud of". "If I hadn't gone through certain things, and because I had those six months or whatever -- just a lot of quiet time -- if I hadn't gone through it, I don't know if I would ever have that much time to reflect. A lot of people don't." "My story is unique, in that the first part of my life, my journey, I hit the pinnacle of my career, and it was a very public career, and then I made decisions that cost me all of that". "By helping people, it's a form of healing for myself, because I hurt so many people. I know that". "I still struggle with knowing that I let a lot of people down. I disappointed a lot of people that love and care for me, worldwide, and when I think about that it kind of gives me the motivation to kind of keep going on". "You can remember me winning races, winning medals, breaking records -- but how, then, is that going to help you in your day-to-day life?". Marion Jones reflects on prison stay by Associated Press,Oct 25, 2010 Retrieved 13/11/2023 "I want people to understand everybody makes mistakes … I truly think a person’s character is determined by their admission of their mistakes and beyond that what they do about it … It’s really about looking forward, looking to the future, how can I make this wrong a right". "I made a mistake. I made the choice to, at that time, protect myself, to protect my family, and I’ve paid the consequences dearly". "The weight and the baggage of many years of knowing that. I’ve been blessed with a super amount of talent but I could not go on any more with this baggage, lying to the world, lying to God". "I realized that people might not forgive me but that God forgives, and if He can forgive me I can forgive myself and I will be okay". Marion Jones tells Oprah she was tired of the lies by Michael Conlon , JANUARY 16, 2008 Retrieved 13/11/2023 External References Category:Living people Category:1975 births Category:African Americans Category:Basketball players from the United States Category:Track and field athletes