Quotes By Paula Radcliffe

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.

I prefer just a women's race. It's a totally different game mentally.

Actually I don't choose to expose myself in public. I choose to compete; the other side just comes with the package.

Never set limits, go after your dreams, don't be afraid to push the boundaries. And laugh a lot - it's good for you!

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 year: the Olympic marathon.

I don't like going away from my children.

I have been doing 120 miles a week, when normally I would do about 140.

To represent your country at a home Olympics is something special and I'm over the moon to be selected for Team GB. I was pleased to get the qualifying time in Berlin earlier this year and my sole focus is getting in the right shape for London.

I can swim I'm not bad, but not great.

Plenty of people who are 38 have run really well in the marathon.

The biggest danger is trying to put too much pressure on yourself, trying to get in too good shape.

I try not to worry about things that I can't control.

I don't feel guilty in having pleasure!

I'm confident of what I have to achieve in the buildup to London 2012.

If 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.

From my training I can get a good idea of what I'm capable of.

You see, with me, when I'm nervous, I smile and laugh.

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 running well and enjoying it.

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 every four years - everyone wants it and very few people get it.

In the marathon anything can happen.

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 to get an Olympic medal.

If you look back at my marathons and ask whether I would swap one of them for my one balls-up, of course I would. But you can't choose. You have to make the best of it on the day.

As an athlete, there are advantages being with a team and getting regular physio.

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.

Every time I go out and race it's a goal to go out and run faster than I've done before.

You can't magic yourself back 10 years.

There's always going to be somebody who takes a dislike to you and you can't waste time worrying about it.

I've always been good at putting things behind me - I fall apart, do my crying bit and then put it away and move it.

I cry all the time.

I have always run as hard as I can. You are not going to run any harder with or without men. You are running on your own two feet.