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

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
Athlete
Biggest
Pressure
Capable
Within
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Every time I go out and race it's a goal to go out and run faster than I've done before.
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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.
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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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You see, with me, when I'm nervous, I smile and laugh.
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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.
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You can't magic yourself back 10 years.
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Actually I don't choose to expose myself in public. I choose to compete the other side just comes with the package.
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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.
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I'm confident of what I have to achieve in the buildup to London 2012.
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I prefer just a women's race. It's a totally different game mentally.
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At big championships it's not the fastest person, it's the person who gets it right on the day.
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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.
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I don't feel guilty in having pleasure!
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I apologise to people when I need to.
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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.
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From my training I can get a good idea of what I'm capable of.
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It's good to be back, feeling like myself and enjoying it.
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I don't like going away from my children.
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I was glad I did a year abroad, because it helped me as an athlete and as a person. That took me out of my comfort zone. Watching the French athletes train in the Pyrenees made me realise what I had to do to become a top athlete.
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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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