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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?
Paula Radcliffe
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Paula Radcliffe
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 17
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Olympic Athlete
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Cheshire
Paula Jane Radcliffe
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Paula Jane Radcliffe
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I am not driven by any bitterness by what happened in Athens. I learnt a lot of lessons from it and probably came through it a stronger person in the end. There have been a lot of near misses, and that's taught me to keep persevering and that there is a chance it can come right.
Paula Radcliffe
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.
Paula Radcliffe
I don't really have an explanation. I'm struggling myself to comprehend what has happened and find a reason for it.
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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.
Paula Radcliffe
At big championships it's not the fastest person, it's the person who gets it right on the day.
Paula Radcliffe
I prefer just a women's race. It's a totally different game mentally.
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 on.
Paula Radcliffe
You see, with me, when I'm nervous, I smile and laugh.
Paula Radcliffe
From my training I can get a good idea of what I'm capable of.
Paula Radcliffe
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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You can't magic yourself back 10 years.
Paula Radcliffe
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.
Paula Radcliffe
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.
Paula Radcliffe
I deliberately returned slowly to training after Raphael was born and everything, apart from being bitten by a dog while out training in Monaco at the beginning of the year, has gone pretty well.
Paula Radcliffe
Yeah, ideally, I'd probably wish to be more anonymous. But scrutiny and success go together. And I want to be successful.
Paula Radcliffe
Today was not about times, it was about getting in there, enjoying the race, and enjoying the atmosphere
Paula Radcliffe
It's good to be back, feeling like myself and enjoying it.
Paula Radcliffe
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
For an athlete, the biggest pressure comes from within. You know what you want to do and what you're capable of.
Paula Radcliffe
I felt totally myself, nothing like the emptiness and horrible feeling I had then [pulling out the Olympics] - no dizziness.
Paula Radcliffe
