Marion Jones Quotes

"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".

"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".

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.

"By helping people, it's a form of healing for myself, because I hurt so many people. I know that".

"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".

"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?".

"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".

"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".

"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".

"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".