“I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professiona...” — Katarina Witt Quote

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

“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.”

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

“I will be a complete man, a complete athlete, with a fight with Roy Jones Jr.”

“I was always an athlete; my grandfather and my dad are basketball players, and I played sports my whole life.”

“When you get older, the first thing that starts to go is reflexes, and reflexes are important for any person, especially an athlete - to react to something in a time when something is going on, and you can't be a second or two behind.”