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I am not going to let Athens affect the rest of my life. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

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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. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#apart #beginning #being #bitten #born

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. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#any #feet #going #hard #harder

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. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

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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. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

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

— Paula Radcliffe

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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. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

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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. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#back #best #choose #course #day

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. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#achieved #athlete #back #best #career

In the marathon anything can happen. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#happen #marathon