Top 58 Quotes by Paula Radcliffe

I just want to be in the best shape I can be. Not to stand on that start line and say: 'Oh my God, I have this injury and that injury.' I just want to be able to go out and race.

No one remembers who came fourth.

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.

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

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

I've no desire to do one of those 50-mile races like the Comrades or anything like that.

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.

I deliberately returned slowly to training after Raphael was born and everything, apart from being bitten by a dog whilst out training in Monaco at the beginning of the year, has gone pretty well.

In the marathon anything can happen.

I apologise to people when I need to.