Marion Jones Quotes

A collection of quotes by Marion Jones.

Marion Jones is a retired American track and field athlete. Born on October 12, 1975, in Los Angeles, California, she rose to prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Jones won three gold medals and two bronze medals in the 2000 Sydney Olympics but later had her achievements nullified after admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs. Despite this controversy, she remains one of the most talented sprinters of her time. She has since been involved in motivational speaking and has spoken out about the impact of doping on her career.

It's hard to have a bad hair day when you're famous.

It's hard to have a bad hair day when you're famous.

My father wasn't really involved and my mom is the light in

My father wasn't really involved and my mom is the light in my life.

A lot of women say they love being pregnant, but I wasn't su

A lot of women say they love being pregnant, but I wasn't such a big fan.

As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age

As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.

The ultimate would be to compete in a couple more Olympics,

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.

If you go and talk to most people, they mean well but they d

If you go and talk to most people, they mean well but they don't have much of a breadth on education, of knowledge of understanding what the real issues are and therefore they listen to pundits on television who tell them what they are supposed to think and they keep repeating that until pretty soon they say, 'Oh, well that must be true.'

Benjamin Carson