Katarina Witt Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Sometimes I even now feel like a stranger in my country. But I knew there would be problems because I had seen the world as a skater. And now? A lot of people in eastern Germany have lost jobs, rents went up, food costs went up, unemployment went to 20 percent. Freedom is good, but it is not easy.”

“I want to see sunrises in the mountains. You never get to see such things enough in a lifetime. I want to see more.”

“Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it.”

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

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

“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.”

“The desire to really compete again has been there for a long time.”

“When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. 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.”

“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.”