Paula Radcliffe Quotes

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• You can't become a winner overnight, or even in a couple of years-it takes time... You will lose races and you will have to accept…
• Today was not about times, it was about getting in there, enjoying the race, and enjoying the atmosphere
• I think your body is just a little bit stronger after pregnancy.
• 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…
• 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…
• In the marathon anything can happen
• You see, with me, when I'm nervous, I smile and laugh.
• 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.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• You can't magic yourself back 10 years.
• 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…
• 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'm confident of what I have to achieve in the buildup to London 2012.
• I've been to three Olympics and I don't feel I've ever quite achieved my best at any of them.

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