Marion Jones Speaks Out About Her Jail Time
October 30th, 2008

Marion Jones speaks out about her jail time.
Saying she will focus on efforts to help children learn from her mistakes, recently released Olympian Marion Jones gave her first interview to Oprah Winfrey since being stripped of five Olympic medals and serving several months of jail time for lying in court about using steroids. Once the world’s most famous woman sprinter, Jones still insists she didn’t knowingly take performance-enhancing drugs, believing they were a diet supplement. “I’m trying to move on,” she told Winfrey. “I hope that everybody else can move on, too.” Asked about her lowest moment while jailed, Jones said “so many things to count.” She concluded that missing the birthdays of both her 5- and 1-year-old sons topped the list. Jones wept as she read a letter she’d written to the boys while incarcerated. But she expressed a new pleasure at having people deal with her as a non-sports heroine. “I appreciate, so much, the little things,” Jones added. “I am energized by this next chapter.”
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i can’t stand any athelete who uses performance enhancing drugs. It’s not fair to all the atheletes who came before and set records on pure talent. and all those they beat in these races or games that are participating fairly
Ms. Jones goes to jail for lying about winning Gold Medals, what about all the people who are really stealing Gold, as in the stock market and mortgages which are causing people their homes and jobs what the hell is wrong with this picture?
I believe that she has overcome the situation and has resolved it very well and I fill that she wa sincere about it. I do not think it is right that she had to exspose herself to the puplic because there many othe atheletes that have not come clean abotu Steroids. I wish her and her family the best of luck rof the future. I still say the girl can run!!!!!
I mean…really… I haven’t been following this story at all…but was she taking these pills with her agent/manager/whoever’s responsible, giving them to her and they lied about what it was????????????? Somebody fill me in b/c I feel like somebody’s trying to cover their booty and really think WE ARE ALL SUCKERS/IGNORAMUS’/WHATEVER’S ANOTHER WORD FOR DUMMIES…
P.S. Keep it 100% real, at all times!
man i don’t even watch tv i get tired of counting my money vic a i dont no which apple i like the best apple computer sour apple candy apple or carmel apple but one thing i no all of them is sweet.
Let’s stop bashing The Lady, she’s been punished enough, futhermore we should uplift one another, Do all of you nay sayers see other races of People ganging up on their own? No, So lets mature as a positive mature race of people and turn that negative energy in to positve aspirations.
I wish you the best in the future, Mrs. Jones
CAPE BLACK IN MASSACHUSETTS/ Peace!
FELICIA ROBINSON, I hope you do not fall on hard times, like they say What Comes Around, Goes Around, You being married to one the fastest guy in the World, He should sprint you to the store and buy you a spell checker & grammer corrector, in world class time, you hater.
No matter how much fame, wealth or success you acquire a particular group of people will always be sure to let you know that you are still a nig$$ and will take pride in bringing you down to nig$$ status. OJ, Mr. Vick, Lil Kim, Sugg Knigh (digusts me) and others including Marion Jones have been made examples of that fact. They have never prosecuted anyone for killing BIGGIE or TUPAC. FACT: The jails across the country hold more blacks than whites. FACT: Black people get longer sentences…WAKE UP BROTHAS AND SISTAS!
I pray that she has gone to the throne of Grace and asked for repentence because only the Lord can forgive and never remember. He loves us even with our faults because He is a God that loves us all. I pray that she will rise above this and that she will be at peace. God bless you Marion Jones.
I HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT MARION KNEW WHAT SHE WAS TALKING…AND SHE COULD NOT DEAL WITH THAT ON HER HEART…IF IT WAS ME I WOULD HAVE QUESTIONED MY COACH WHAT WAS IT HE WAS GIVING ME …AND IF SHE WOULD HAVE JUST TOLD THE TRUTH TO BEGIN WITH WHEN THEY ASKED HER IF SHE HAD EVER SEEN THE DRUG INSTEAD OF SAYING NO SHE WOULD NOT BE IN THE SITUATION SHES IN NOW..GOD BLESS HER AND HER FAMILY….
She still won’t take responsiblity. “Diet supplements”? She turned her back on her now ex-husband. She’s an opportunist and a liar. I’ve lost any respect I had for this woman. She’s an embarassment.
CPE Blk I WAS GOING TO COMMENT TO YOUR RESPONSE BUT THERES REALLY NO NEED TO WE ALL HAVE A VOICE AND A RIGHT TO USE IT SO YOUR RIGHT WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND AND YET AND STILL RIGHT IS RIGHT AND WRONG IS WRONG BUT AGAIN DO WE SEE OTHER PEOPLE GOING AGAINST THERE ON RACE. HAVE A BLESSED AND SAFE DAY
GOD forgive me but if nobody knew I would not have told it. I would have asked GOD to forgive me, I would truly repent, never do it again and keep it movin! It is my opinion that forgiveness and repenting do not require public scrutiny because the public does not have a heaven or a hell to put me in!
HELL KNOWS NO FURY LIKE A MAN SCORN. Put that on her triffling a** exhusband. I can point at celebs who are getting away with way worse crimes and I can consider noncelebs who are serving longer sentences for less offenseS. The bottom line in: EVERYTHING DONE IN THE DARK WILL BE BOUGHT TO THE LIGHT. I honestly think she knew SOMETHING. Diet, whatever. But, the blessing she got another day, the blessing is God stopped her before she went to far, the blessing is GOD LOVED HER ENOUGH TO CORRECT HER.
I know its BROUGHT NOT BOUGHT.
MARION JONE I WAS FALLOWING YOU FOR THE PASSED 20 YEARS ,I GET HEART BROKEN ,WHEN I HEARD THIS MESS ABOUT YOU.
GIRL KEEP STRONG.
EVEN THE WHITE MEN REALLY LIKE PUT BLACK MEN INSIDE THEIR NASTY STUPID PLACE JAIL ,BUT GOD KEEP YOU ALIVE AND STRONG .
WHERE IT ALWAYS LIKE THAT WHEN A WHITE MEN TAKE STEORID LIKE THE ONE ON THE BICYCLE FOR TOUR OF FRANCE .THEY ALWAYS CLEAN IS NAME. AND MAKE HIM STOP AND START OVER AGAIN LIKE WE FORGET.HARMSTRONG CONTINUE OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND YOU BECAUSE YOU BLACK THEY LOCK YOU .LET GOD DO WITH IT AS HE WILLS THIS WHITE EVIL MEN………….
all ya need to shut the $@@? up she is human
Mark is right all of you all have to shut up and just let Merion Jones move on. No matter what Marion Jones would always be the best runner i have ever seen. I want to be just like her, and that she did was wrong am not saying is not but she learn from it.
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