When I get up, I have a cup of coffee, surf the Internet, then do a half-hour run. Katarina Witt Read Quote
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. Katarina Witt Read Quote
Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it. Katarina Witt Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Katarina Witt Read Quote
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. Katarina Witt Read Quote
