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Yeah, ideally, I'd probably wish to be more anonymous. But scrutiny and success go together. And I want to be successful.
Paula Radcliffe
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Paula Radcliffe
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 17
Long-Distance Runner
Olympic Athlete
Northwich
Cheshire
Paula Jane Radcliffe
MBE
Paula Jane Radcliffe
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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?
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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 that, learn from it and believe that you'll win the next one, knowing that you'll probably lose that as well. All the time you have to keep believing that one day you will win.
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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.
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The biggest danger is trying to put too much pressure on yourself, trying to get in too good shape.
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Today was not about times, it was about getting in there, enjoying the race, and enjoying the atmosphere
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I actually got a nice surprise about being a mother because I expected it to be harder and to have to make more adaptations.
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I don't feel guilty in having pleasure!
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