Paula Radcliffe Quotes

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

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

In the week before a race, I try to stay away from germ areas. I keep disinfectant wipes in my bag for when I have to use a supermarket trolley or something like that.

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

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

Yeah, ideally, I'd probably wish to be more anonymous. But scrutiny and success go together. And I want to be successful.

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

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

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.

I took a lot of bad things after Athens. I just learnt to deal with it. The problem was beforehand I had this feeling where I was trying to please everybody - I wanted everybody to like me.

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