Quotes by Paula Radcliffe

About Paula Radcliffe:

Paula Jane Radcliffe is an English long-distance runner. She is the current women's world record holder in the marathon with her time of 2 hours 15 minutes and 25 seconds. She is a three-time winner of the London Marathon (2002, 2003, 2005), three-time New York Marathon champion (2004, 2007, 2008), and won the 2002 Chicago Marathon.
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You can wish as hard as you like but all that really matters is the shape you're in on the day of the race. I've always felt these really big races aren't necessarily won by whoever is the fastest. They're won by the athlete who is the smartest and i...

Paula Radcliffe

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.

Paula Radcliffe

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

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

Paula Radcliffe

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

I would be happy with an Olympic bronze. What I don't have is an Olympic medal.

Paula Radcliffe

For an athlete, the biggest pressure comes from within. You know what you want to do and what you're capable of.

Paula Radcliffe

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

Paula Radcliffe

In the marathon anything can happen.

Paula Radcliffe

I don't feel guilty in having pleasure!

Paula Radcliffe

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

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 t...

Paula Radcliffe

I can't imagine living and not running.

Paula Radcliffe

I apologise to people when I need to.

Paula Radcliffe

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.

Paula Radcliffe

I have been doing 120 miles a week, when normally I would do about 140.

Paula Radcliffe

As an athlete, there are advantages being with a team and getting regular physio.

Paula Radcliffe

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

Paula Radcliffe

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

Paula Radcliffe

Plenty of people who are 38 have run really well in the marathon.

Paula Radcliffe

Author Bio

  • NamePaula Radcliffe
  • DescriptionEnglish long-distance runner
  • BornDecember 17, 1973
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionMarathon Runner; Long-distance Runner
  • AwardsMember Of The Order Of The British Empire