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You can't magic yourself back 10 years.
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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For an athlete, the biggest pressure comes from within. You know what you want to do and what you're capable of.
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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
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There's always going to be somebody who takes a dislike to you and you can't waste time worrying about it.
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You see, with me, when I'm nervous, I smile and laugh.
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I would be happy with an Olympic bronze. What I don't have is an Olympic medal.
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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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I don't feel guilty in having pleasure!
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I'm confident of what I have to achieve in the buildup to London 2012.
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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.
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I can swim I'm not bad, but not great.
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I don't like going away from my children.
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In the marathon anything can happen.
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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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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 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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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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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.
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I apologise to people when I need to.
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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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The biggest danger is trying to put too much pressure on yourself, trying to get in too good shape.
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