When 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. — Katarina Witt Copy Share Image
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 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
