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
In my opinion, Jackie is the greatest female athlete ever.
I'm not going to make those predictions anymore. I'm 27 now and I've learned from my mistakes.
Our lives are so hectic and full, and we have a big family right now.
I'm for a drug-free sport and always will be.
About two weeks after he was born, I got back and started jogging and running. Now I'm full blast and I hope to make my return pretty soon.
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've never worked a day in my life. Don't get me wrong. I work at track. If you love what you do, it's not work.
Nobody has ever said anything about Marion Jones every using performance-enhancing drugs and they never will
Get involved in everything you've ever dreamed of doing.
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 think the people who have really followed my career from the time I was seven years old can see my steady progress and see the type of person and athlete I am.
I'm an Internet junkie.
I will continue to express the fact I am for a drug-free sport and always will be.
The ultimate would be to compete in a couple more Olympics, hopefully break some world records and wind up my sports career with a couple of years in the WNBA.