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
3. 0:28down
4. 0:32making these false statements to federal
5. 0:34agents was an incredibly stupid thing
6. 0:37for me to do and I am responsible fully
7. 0:40for my
8. 0:41actions I have no one to blame but
9. 0:45myself for what I have
10. 0:51done an overwhelming majority of our
11. 0:53athletes are clean and they compete in
12. 0:55the right way and compete
13. 0:58ethically I recognize that by saying
14. 1:00that I'm deeply
15. 1:03sorry it might not be
16. 1:06enough and sufficient to address the
17. 1:09pain and the hurt that I've caused
18. 1:12you therefore I want to ask for your
19. 1:28forgiveness people that matter to me
20. 1:29you're my fans and my family and they
21. 1:31know that um everything that I've done
22. 1:34in the sport and in my career um is
23. 1:37truthful it's I've done the right thing
24. 1:39and to me that's what
25. 1:47matters and because of my actions I'm
26. 1:51retiring from the sport of track and
27. 1:53field a sport which I deeply love thank
28. 1:57you very
29. 1:58much
30. 2:01Mar how do you feel
31. 2:16Marc you hear a lot about different
32. 2:19athletes obviously speculations about
33. 2:21what they may or may not be
34. 2:27taking when it comes down to the winner
35. 2:30uh winning by an inch or aund or you
36. 2:34know even a thousandth of a second uh
37. 2:38then just the slightest the slightest
38. 2:40Edge can be of an
39. 2:45advantage my parents my grandparents my
40. 2:47teammates those people I know that I'm
41. 2:50around them every day and I can respect
42. 2:52them more than some guys is just their
43. 2:54only drive is for
44. 2:58money
45. 3:08you