Katarina Witt

I never really like to skate in an empty ice rink; I always need the attention of an audience. ↗

— Katarina Witt

#attention #audience #empty #i #i always

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. ↗

— Katarina Witt

#did #half #i #late #learn

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

— Katarina Witt

#get #i #lifetime #more #mountains

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

— Katarina Witt

#because #good #i #just #just because

I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional. ↗

— Katarina Witt

#athlete #east #first #germany #go

I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb. ↗

— Katarina Witt

#climb #front #i #me #mountain

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

— Katarina Witt

#elegant #hard #hard work #look #make

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. ↗

— Katarina Witt

#been #chose #i #ice #like

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

— Katarina Witt

#motivation #never #should #sports

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

— Katarina Witt

#focus #goal #just #me #one thing