With a view to playing in the women’s NBA, disgraced sprinter Marion Jones is in basketball training.

In September last year, Jones left prison after serving a six-month sentence for lying about steroid use and involvement in a drugs fraud case.

The 34-year-old has been working on her skills in San Antonio since October, reports state.

Jones said, “It would be an interesting journey if I decided to do this. It would give me an opportunity to share my message to young people on a bigger platform, it would give me an opportunity to get a second chance.”

Jones played college basketball at North Carolina, where she was the starting point guard on their national championship team in 1994.

She also hopes to play in Europe this winter and in the WNBA next season.

Jones added, “It’s important for people to know that it’s possible to make a mistake in your life, but it’s what you do after the mistake that people are going to remember you by.”

(article and photo source: BBC)