Quotes from Katarina Witt

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 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'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.

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

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

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

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.

Too many times women try to be competitive with each other. We should help support each other, rather than try to be better than each other.

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

When you reach a certain level, you live in a bubble when all you think, dream and breathe is becoming the best athlete in the world.

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