Marion Jones to appear on Oprah today

In her first interview, Marion Jones will reveal the decisions she made that lead to her jail sentence.

She told Mama Oprah:

"I have no regrets for doing what I did on October the 5th and pleading guilty and admitting to the world that I lied, that I've made mistakes," she said. "I truly think that a person's character is determined by their admission of their mistakes and then beyond that, what do I do about it? You know, how can I change the lives of people? How can I use my story to change the lives of a young person?"



She also admits that she and her husband have not yet told her 4-year old son that she will be going to prison:

"I have not told him yet, " Marion says. "My husband and I have spoken about how we're going to go about doing that. I mean, as you can imagine, it's a very sensitive topic, and we're not dealing with a 15-year-old here who perceives things a different way. We're talking about a 4-year-old who was upset this morning that I couldn't drop him off at school, you know? It's going to be challenging."


The show airs this afternoon. If you can't tune in, read more at Oprah.com