Top 29 Quotes by Katarina Witt

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.