Quotes By Paula Radcliffe

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.

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.

In the marathon anything can happen.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.