AP cover and reax as track star Marion Jones admits lying over doping — Transcript

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1. 0:13I have let my country down and I have
2. 0:15let myself down
3. 0:32making these false statements to federal
4. 0:34agents was an incredibly stupid thing
5. 0:37for me to do and I am responsible fully
6. 0:40for my
7. 0:41actions I have no one to blame but
8. 0:45myself for what I have
9. 0:51done an overwhelming majority of our
10. 0:53athletes are clean and they compete in
11. 0:55the right way and compete
12. 0:58ethically I recognize that by saying
13. 1:00that I'm deeply
14. 1:03sorry it might not be
15. 1:06enough and sufficient to address the
16. 1:09pain and the hurt that I've caused
17. 1:12you therefore I want to ask for your
18. 1:28forgiveness people that matter to me are
19. 1:30my fans and my family and they know that
20. 1:32um everything that I've done in the
21. 1:34sport and in my career um is truthful
22. 1:38it's I've done the right thing and to me
23. 1:40that's what
24. 1:47matters and because of my actions I'm
25. 1:51retiring from the sport of track and
26. 1:53field a sport which I deeply love thank
27. 1:57you very much
28. 2:01Mar how do you feel
29. 2:03Mar
30. 2:16excuse you hear a lot about different
31. 2:19athletes obviously speculations about
32. 2:21what they may or may not be
33. 2:27taking when it comes down to the winner
34. 2:30uh winning by an inch or a hundredth or
35. 2:34uh you know even a thousandth of a
36. 2:36second uh then just the slightest the
37. 2:40slightest Edge can be of an
38. 2:45advantage my parents my grandparents my
39. 2:47teammates those people I know that I'm
40. 2:50around them every day and I can respect
41. 2:52them more than some guys is this their
42. 2:54only driv is for money
43. 3:08you go