I have not had the chance to go out there and do myself justice in an Olympic marathon yet. I have not been able to get to an Olympic marathon injury-free yet.

I've been to three Olympics and I don't feel I've ever quite achieved my best at any of them.

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 don't feel guilty in having pleasure!

At big championships it's not the fastest person, it's the person who gets it right on the day.

No one remembers who came fourth.

I actually got a nice surprise about being a mother because I expected it to be harder and to have to make more adaptations.