45 Quotes by Katarina Witt

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

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.

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

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.

When 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.

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

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.

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.

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