Top 29 Quotes by Katarina Witt

Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports.

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 never had a serious injury that kept me out of a big competition. Now everyone has injuries - to their feet or their knees or their backs.

I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too.

I can't say, 'It doesn't matter if you win or lose.' It's not true. You go in to win.

I hope that I can maintain my skating as long as possible.

Skating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing.

It's not like I didn't do anything for 10 years and chose a new profession. I've been on the ice a lot. I'm not an outsider.

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.

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.