Katarina Witt's Quotes
Born: 1965-12-03
Profession: Athlete
Nation: German
Biography of Katarina Witt
I don't want to compete. I want to skate for the joy. I get so nervous in competition. I get always sick. I had pressures enough in my life from skating.
Tags: Enough, Joy, LifeSometimes I even now feel like a stranger in my country. But I knew there would be problems because I had seen the world as a skater. And now? A lot of people in eastern Germany have lost jobs, rents went up, food costs went up, unemployment went to 20 percent. Freedom is good, but it is not easy.
Tags: Food, Freedom, GoodWhen you see the audiences and the smiling faces at the shows it really makes up for the work that you put in. I have a job I really love so whatever hecticness comes up - I'll just deal with it.
Tags: Job, Love, WorkWhen you're young, you don't think very far ahead. You just think in terms of the next day, the next week, the next competition. You don't think about injuries that could threaten your long-term health.
Tags: Far, Health, YoungI can't say, 'It doesn't matter if you win or lose.' It's not true. You go in to win.
Tags: Matter, True, WinAlmost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it.
Tags: Almost, Silver, WorkEvery man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
Tags: Ball, Rubber, WomanI learned not to depend on other people. I needed support, but it's you who has to go out and deliver.
Tags: Learned, Needed, SupportI never had a serious injury that kept me out of a big competition. Now everyone has injuries - to their feet or their knees or their backs.
Tags: Big, Everyone, SeriousI never really like to skate in an empty ice rink; I always need the attention of an audience.
Tags: Attention, Audience, EmptyI started the class late. The teacher said I would have to learn as much in half a year that the others learned in a year. I did it.
Tags: Learned, Others, TeacherI want to see sunrises in the mountains. You never get to see such things enough in a lifetime. I want to see more.
Tags: Enough, Lifetime, MountainsI was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too.
Tags: Good, Pretty, WinI was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional.
Tags: Athlete, East, GermanyIt's not like I didn't do anything for 10 years and chose a new profession. I've been on the ice a lot. I'm not an outsider.
Tags: Ice, Outsider, ProfessionMoney was never the motivation. It never should be in sports.
Tags: Money, Motivation, SportsSkating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing.
Tags: Focus, Goal, TaughtSometimes, success almost haunts you. You want to be the best at everything you do and know you have to work hard.
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Too many times women try to be competitive with each other. We should help support each other, rather than try to be better than each other.
Tags: Help, Try, WomenWhen I get up, I have a cup of coffee, surf the Internet, then do a half-hour run.
Tags: Coffee, Internet, RunWhen I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.
Tags: Forget, Ice, SkatingWhen you reach a certain level, you live in a bubble when all you think, dream and breathe is becoming the best athlete in the world.
Tags: Best, Dream, Level