Top 29 Quotes by Katarina Witt

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.

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.

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.

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

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