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Paula Radcliffe Quotes

As an athlete, there are advantages being with a team and getting regular physio.

– Paula Radcliffe

You can’t magic yourself back 10 years.

– Paula Radcliffe

For an athlete, the biggest pressure comes from within. You know what you want to do and what you’re capable of.

– Paula Radcliffe

The biggest danger is trying to put too much pressure on yourself, trying to get in too good shape.

– Paula Radcliffe

It’s important that athletes can compete on a level playing field. And youngsters coming into the sport can know that if they are working hard and training hard, they’ll see a true reflection of where they stand and what they can achieve worldwide and not be swayed by people who are cheating.

– Paula Radcliffe

Every time I go out and race it’s a goal to go out and run faster than I’ve done before.

– Paula Radcliffe

I am not driven by any bitterness by what happened in Athens. I learnt a lot of lessons from it and probably came through it a stronger person in the end. There have been a lot of near misses, and that’s taught me to keep persevering and that there is a chance it can come right.

– Paula Radcliffe

I’ve always been good at putting things behind me – I fall apart, do my crying bit and then put it away and move it.

– Paula Radcliffe

From my training I can get a good idea of what I’m capable of.

– Paula Radcliffe

I’m not meek at all.

– Paula Radcliffe

I prefer just a women’s race. It’s a totally different game mentally.

– Paula Radcliffe

I try not to worry about things that I can’t control.

– Paula Radcliffe

I set myself some specific goals, but the key one is just getting myself into as good a shape as possible for one day this year: the Olympic marathon.

– Paula Radcliffe

I just want to be in the best shape I can be. Not to stand on that start line and say: ‘Oh my God, I have this injury and that injury.’ I just want to be able to go out and race.

– Paula Radcliffe

I never plan to run at a certain pace. All my career my motto has been ‘no limits.’ I don’t try to run with a set time in mind, sticking to set splits, because what happens if you’re ahead of your splits – are you going to slow down?

– Paula Radcliffe

There’s always going to be somebody who takes a dislike to you and you can’t waste time worrying about it.

– Paula Radcliffe

I deliberately returned slowly to training after Raphael was born and everything, apart from being bitten by a dog whilst out training in Monaco at the beginning of the year, has gone pretty well.

– Paula Radcliffe

An Olympic medal won’t define my whole life, although it might look like it to onlookers. When I look back, I should have been able to get an Olympic medal.

– Paula Radcliffe

If I start planning then that’s dangerous because then I have a target that I’m blinkered towards and I won’t listen to the warning signs quite so much. I’d rather be in shape and then look around and say there’s a race next week and jump into that than have it planned.

– Paula Radcliffe

I have always loved running on the roads, ever since I used to take part in relays for my club when I was 12 and 13. I felt really at home on the surface.

– Paula Radcliffe

I am not going to let Athens affect the rest of my life.

– Paula Radcliffe

If you look back at my marathons and ask whether I would swap one of them for my one balls-up, of course I would. But you can’t choose. You have to make the best of it on the day.

– Paula Radcliffe

In the week before a race, I try to stay away from germ areas. I keep disinfectant wipes in my bag for when I have to use a supermarket trolley or something like that.

– Paula Radcliffe

It’s totally different from last year because I came in with good shape with no health worries so it was about going out there and running well and enjoying it.

– Paula Radcliffe

In my Olympic history I don’t think I have achieved my potential as an athlete. That’s what I want when I look back at my career. I want to be able to say I gave it my best shot.

– Paula Radcliffe

I don’t like going away from my children.

– Paula Radcliffe

I have been doing 120 miles a week, when normally I would do about 140.

– Paula Radcliffe

To represent your country at a home Olympics is something special and I’m over the moon to be selected for Team GB. I was pleased to get the qualifying time in Berlin earlier this year and my sole focus is getting in the right shape for London.

– Paula Radcliffe

No one remembers who came fourth.

– Paula Radcliffe

A half marathon is a good way to have a bit of fun and race against those girls and learn a bit more about them. The world half marathon is a world championship at the end of the day and it’s important. I’ve win it twice and it’s a quality event.

– Paula Radcliffe

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