Marion Jones Quotes

• "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 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion."
• "As an athlete who's used to being in peak form, it was challenging for me to watch my body totally change since I had no control over that."
• "But I don't believe in guilt by association."
• "Did I know about BALCO and Victor Conte? Sure."
• "Everywhere we go, people recognize me."
• "Have I ever taken THG? No."
• "I did pretty well at the Sydney Olympics, but those were my first Games."
• "I like cooking - I make a good stir-fry and the family likes it when I make stewed chicken and macaroni and cheese."
• "I love to compete and I love to perform, but everything else - sometimes I can do without it."
• "I loved having my baby inside of me, but I was very happy when he was finally here."
• "I met Mr Conte a number of years ago, and we had a conversation or two. Did our conversation involve talking about any performance-enhancing drugs? No."
• "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 was going to get it done as best as possible, enjoy the moment and then we would deal with all of the accusations after the Games."
• "I was only 24 then, but 18 of those 24 years had been dedicated to wanting to get to that moment."
• "I will continue to express the fact I am for a drug-free sport and always will be."
• "I'm a jeans and sweats type of lady, but I think it's important to occasionally show a little bit of femininity, and I think I do anyway."
• "I'm a jock and I'm an athlete, and that's what I love to do."
• "I'm an Internet junkie."
• "I'm for a drug-free sport and always will be."
• "I'm in love with Sade's new CD; it's awesome. I like mellow R&B-type music."
• "I'm the favorite and I'm going for five gold medals, and all of a sudden this bombshell hits my family - out of nowhere."
• "I've set no world record."
• "In my opinion, Jackie is the greatest female athlete ever."
• "It's hard to have a bad hair day when you're famous."
• "My career has always been one of the most important things, but after having a baby you find that it drops down on the totem pole."
• "My father wasn't really involved and my mom is the light in my life."
• "Nobody has ever said anything about Marion Jones every using performance-enhancing drugs and they never will."
• "Our lives are so hectic and full, and we have a big family right now."
• "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."
• "Was I married to C J Hunter, who tested positive? Sure."
• "We realized that the only persons we can truly trust in this world is each other and our families."
• "When I have eight bags of groceries and my two stepkids are asking me a 100 questions, and I'm on the cell phone, and somebody brings me a piece of paper with no pen and taps me on the back, it's funny."
• "When I'm home, I'm relaxed."
• "Yes, my career is still extremely important to me, but if it were to end tomorrow, I would still have my son, and that'd be OK."
• "You forget that sometimes people are out there to get you - they don't even have a reason."
• "You lose sight of that sometimes, when I'm running fast and C.J.'s throwing far and everybody is shaking your hand and patting you on the back."
• "I have always maintained that I have never ever taken performance-enhancing drugs, and I am pleased that a scientific process has now demonstrated that fact."