Katarina Witt Quotes

I can't say, 'It doesn't matter if you win or lose.' It's not true. You go in to win.
Katarina Witt

True, Win, Matter

Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it.
Katarina Witt

Work, Nothing, Almost

Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
Katarina Witt

Woman, Ball, Rubber

Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.
Katarina Witt

Art, Skating, Figure

I hope that I can maintain my skating as long as possible.
Katarina Witt

Hope, Long, Possible

I learned not to depend on other people. I needed support, but it's you who has to go out and deliver.
Katarina Witt

Learned, Support, Needed

I 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.
Katarina Witt

Big, Serious, Everyone

I never really like to skate in an empty ice rink; I always need the attention of an audience.
Katarina Witt

Attention, Audience, Empty

I 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.
Katarina Witt

Teacher, Learned, Others

I want to see sunrises in the mountains. You never get to see such things enough in a lifetime. I want to see more.
Katarina Witt

Enough, Lifetime, Mountains

I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too.
Katarina Witt

Good, Win, Pretty

I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional.
Katarina Witt

Athlete, East, Germany

I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb.
Katarina Witt

Person, Big, Needs

It's hard work to make a four-minute program look effortless and elegant.
Katarina Witt

Work, Hard, Program

It'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.
Katarina Witt

Profession, Ice, Outsider

Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports.
Katarina Witt

Money, Sports, Motivation

Skating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing.
Katarina Witt

Focus, Goal, Taught

Sometimes, success almost haunts you. You want to be the best at everything you do and know you have to work hard.
Katarina Witt

Success, Work, Best

The desire to really compete again has been there for a long time.
Katarina Witt

Time, Long, Again

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.
Katarina Witt

Women, Help, Try

When I get up, I have a cup of coffee, surf the Internet, then do a half-hour run.
Katarina Witt

Coffee, Run, Internet

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.
Katarina Witt

Forget, Skating, Ice

When 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.
Katarina Witt

Best, Live, Dream

As an athlete, you choose your sport and are drawn into it but your passion should never be driven by fame and fortune but a desire to create something special that people will always remember.
Katarina Witt

Passion, Remember, Special

Competitions make me nervous. When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating and not, 'I have to do this to win.' I forget it is a competition.
Katarina Witt

Forget, Win, Nervous

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Biography

Nationality: German

Born: December 3, 1965

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