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

I was thinking back to all the time in the gym, working hard, and that spurred me on [winning New York marathon just ten months after giving birth.

I don't like going away from my children..

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

It's important that athletes can compete on a level playing field. And youngsters coming into the sport can know that if they are working hard and tr….

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 t….

From my training I can get a good idea of what I'm capable of..

I have always loved running on the roads, ever since I used to take part in relays for my club when I was 12 and 13. I felt really at home on the sur….

No one remembers who came fourth..

I set myself some specific goals, but the key one is just getting myself into as good a shape as possible for one day this year: the Olympic marathon..

We, as athletes, have our suspicions about who's cheating, but I'm not convinced that the testing has yet caught up with what people are using or wha….

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

The biggest danger is trying to put too much pressure on yourself, trying to get in too good shape..

I am not driven by any bitterness by what happened in Athens. I learnt a lot of lessons from it and probably came through it a stronger person in the….

You can't magic yourself back 10 years..

I used to say that the newspapers were tomorrow's fish and chip paper, but I didn't really mean it; I could still be hurt by what they said. After At….

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..

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 e….

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 ev….

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..

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 so….