Top 29 Quotes by Katarina Witt

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.

Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.