Paula Radcliffe Quotes

Go in any direction..seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

Never set limits, go after your dreams, don't be afraid to push the boundaries. And laugh a lot - it's good for you!

You can be strong and true to yourself without being rude or loud.

Today was not about times, it was about getting in there, enjoying the race, and enjoying the atmosphere

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

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

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

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

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

I have not had the chance to go out there and do myself justice in an Olympic marathon yet. I have not been able to get to an Olympic marathon injury-free yet.

Actually I don't choose to expose myself in public. I choose to compete; the other side just comes with the package.

In the marathon anything can happen.

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

I think your body is just a little bit stronger after pregnancy.

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.

No one remembers who came fourth.

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

I can't imagine living and not running.

I actually got a nice surprise about being a mother because I expected it to be harder and to have to make more adaptations.

Yeah, ideally, I'd probably wish to be more anonymous. But scrutiny and success go together. And I want to be successful.

I would be happy with an Olympic bronze. What I don't have is an Olympic medal.

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

You see, with me, when I'm nervous, I smile and laugh.

You can't magic yourself back 10 years.

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.

At big championships it's not the fastest person, it's the person who gets it right on the day.

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

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.

I don't feel guilty in having pleasure!

I can swim I'm not bad, but not great.

I apologise to people when I need to.

I felt totally myself, nothing like the emptiness and horrible feeling I had then [pulling out the Olympics] - no dizziness.

I don't really have an explanation. I'm struggling myself to comprehend what has happened and find a reason for it.

I was thinking back to all the time in the gym, working hard, and that spurred me on [winning New York marathon just ten months after giving birth

We, as athletes, have our suspicions about who's cheating, but I'm not convinced that the testing has yet caught up with what people are using or what they are using to disguise it.

I used to say that the newspapers were tomorrow's fish and chip paper, but I didn't really mean it; I could still be hurt by what they said. After Athens, I just didn't care.

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

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.

I have achieved a lot and I'm grateful for that - I'm just a bit greedy because I want to add the Olympics. It's once every four years - everyone wants it and very few people get it.

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.

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

I took a lot of bad things after Athens. I just learnt to deal with it. The problem was beforehand I had this feeling where I was trying to please everybody - I wanted everybody to like me.

I'm confident of what I have to achieve in the buildup to London 2012.

I have always run as hard as I can. You are not going to run any harder with or without men. You are running on your own two feet.

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.

I don't like going away from my children.

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

The Olympics is not a race I want to watch on television and think 'I wonder what I could have done if I was there?

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.

I've had a lot of success over the years racing in New York, but the main point is that I feel the marathon is a different event, a lot more my event.