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 Copy Share Image
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. — Katarina Witt Copy Share Image
I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too. — Katarina Witt Copy Share Image
Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball. — Katarina Witt Copy Share Image
I learned not to depend on other people. I needed support, but it's you who has to go out and deliver. — Katarina Witt Copy Share Image
I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional. — Katarina Witt Copy Share Image
I never had a serious injury that kept me out of a big competition. Now everyone has injuries - to their feet or their… — Katarina Witt Copy Share Image
I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb. — Katarina Witt Copy Share Image
Sometimes I even now feel like a stranger in my country. But I knew there would be problems because I had seen the world… — Katarina Witt Copy Share Image
When youre young, you dont think very far ahead. You just think in terms of the next day, the next week, the next competition.… — Katarina Witt Copy Share Image
Sometimes, success almost haunts you. You want to be the best at everything you do and know you have to work hard. — Katarina Witt Copy Share Image
