Top 58 Quotes by Paula Radcliffe

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.

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 cry all the time.

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.