Marion Jones
Marion Jones
Marion Lois Jones, also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is an American former world champion track and field athlete and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. She won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, but was later stripped of the titles after admitting to steroid use. Jones did retain her three gold medals as a world champion from 1997 and 1999...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth12 October 1975
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Greatness is defined by someone who is not simply awesome and wonderful in the sport they compete in but goes beyond that and is great in whatever they do off the track or off the court.
I recognize that by saying that I'm deeply sorry, it might not be enough and sufficient to address the pain and the hurt that I have caused you. Therefore, I want to ask for your forgiveness for my actions, and I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me.
I train harder than anyone else in the world. Last year I was supposed to take a month off and I took three days off because I was afraid somebody out there was training harder. That's the feeling I go through every day - Am I not doing what somebody else is doing? Is someone out there training harder than I am? I can't live with myself if someone is.
I am against performance-enhancing drugs. I have never taken them and I never will take them.
It's hard to have a bad hair day when you're famous
I'm not going to make those predictions anymore. I'm 27 now and I've learned from my mistakes.
All he did was fight for the rights of his black fellow musicians for them not to be ripped off.