Paula Radcliffe Quotes

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

Home, Used, Loved

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.
Paula Radcliffe

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

Week, Miles, Normally

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.
Paula Radcliffe

Justice, Able, Chance

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

God, Best, Start

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

Women, Game, Different

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

Good, Getting, Year

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.
Paula Radcliffe

Bad, Feeling, Trying

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

Control, Try, Worry

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

Happy, Olympic, Medal

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

Achieve, London, Confident

I'm not meek at all.
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

Good, Put, Away

I've been to three Olympics and I don't feel I've ever quite achieved my best at any of them.
Paula Radcliffe

Best, Three, Quite

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.
Paula Radcliffe

Success, Different, Point

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

Best, Whether, Ask

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

Best, History, Career

In the marathon anything can happen.
Paula Radcliffe

Happen, Marathon

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

Before, Try, Away

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

Good, Health, Different

No one remembers who came fourth.
Paula Radcliffe

Fourth, Remembers

Plenty of people who are 38 have run really well in the marathon.
Paula Radcliffe

Run, Marathon, Plenty

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

Good, Yourself, Trying

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

Time, Home, Focus

You can wish as hard as you like but all that really matters is the shape you're in on the day of the race. I've always felt these really big races aren't necessarily won by whoever is the fastest. They're won by the athlete who is the smartest and in the best shape on the day.
Paula Radcliffe

Best, Hard, Wish

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Nationality: English

Born: December 17, 1973

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