Marion Jones Quotes

As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman.

Certainly, when I started bobsledding I didn't think of being in the Olympics some day.

When I started out as a little kid, I didn't say 'I just want to run football.' I wanted to be a great athlete.

Growing up with brothers, I've always been a very competitive person and also very involved in sports. So when I was younger, whatever sport I was involved in, I wanted to go to the Olympics for that!

My dream is to play football as long as I can and that's what I want to do.

I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.

I was a sports nut. I stayed after school probably three hours every day - from fall, to winter, to spring. I went from football to basketball to track, and it started all over again. I loved all of it. I just loved being an athlete and all that it entailed. It really accounts for who I am today and even how I think today.

The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.

I know that I was put on this planet to be an athlete.

I wanted to be a football player. Football is a sport that I love, but the more I started playing basketball, the more I started dreaming of playing in the NBA.

The majority of people who get in the sport of gymnastics do not go to the Olympics or get a Division 1 scholarship, but it doesn't mean that they can't get something positive from the sport.

I would always love to be an athlete, but it's got to be a tough day when you have to hang up those cleats.

I just wanted to be an athlete.

A college athlete is going to be competitive. You don't get to that level if you're not.

I always wanted to be an athlete growing up.

I get paid to play football and show everything I've got.

There's definitely football in the blood, but my body made my decision for me that I was going to be an Olympic athlete instead.

I grew up playing softball, and at the age of nine, I decided I was going to be an Olympian. I didn't really know what that meant at the time. I thought it might be in a warm summer sport like softball, but I played a variety of sports growing up - basketball, soccer and track. I really didn't care. I just wanted to be an Olympian.

As a kid, you just want to play football. For me one day it will end, but until the end I love getting the opportunity to go out there and play at a high level.

Fighting at the Olympics has been my lifelong dream, and I cannot believe I am there now.

I am a professional footballer and as long as I'm able to make a contribution, I'll be doing all I can to stay at the top.

The hunger has come back now because I want to be a double Olympic champion. I want to be a legend.

I had dreams of being a professional rugby player.

Sport is my passion but I have a way to go.

If I can run, I'm not going to sit out any game. I'm here to play football, not to watch and collect a check.