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Katarina Witt
German
Athlete
Born:
Dec 3
,
1965
Competition
Go
Me
Think
Work
You
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I can't say, 'It doesn't matter if you win or lose.' It's not true. You go in to win.
Katarina Witt
You
Win
Win Or Lose
Matter
Lose
Say
True
Go
Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.
Katarina Witt
Art
Sport
Mixture
Skating
Figure
Figure Skating
Skating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing.
Katarina Witt
Me
Focus
Other
Out
One Thing
Block
Goal
Just
Taught
Skating
Thing
Things
Set
When I get up, I have a cup of coffee, surf the Internet, then do a half-hour run.
Katarina Witt
Internet
Coffee
Run
Surf
Cup
Up
Get
Then
It's hard work to make a four-minute program look effortless and elegant.
Katarina Witt
Work
Hard Work
Look
Make
Effortless
Hard
Elegant
Program
I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional.
Katarina Witt
First
East
Athlete
Allowed
Go
Very
Germany
Professional
Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
Katarina Witt
Man
Woman
Every
Instead
Look
Ball
Every Man
Rubber
When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.
Katarina Witt
Competition
Think
Out
About
Go
Forget
Just
Ice
Skating
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
Me
Competition
Big
Everyone
Backs
Out
Never
Had
Knees
Feet
Serious
Now
Injuries
Injury
Kept
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
Health
Day
You
Competition
Young
Think
Threaten
About
Week
Could
Long-Term
Terms
Very
Just
Far
Next
Your
Injuries
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.
Katarina Witt
Work
Love
You
Job
Whatever
See
Faces
Put
Smiling
Deal
Makes
Audiences
Up
Just
Really
Shows
I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb.
Katarina Witt
Needs
Me
Big
Sort
Climb
Mountain
Person
Front
Who
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
Outsider
New
Like
Been
Years
Lot
Anything
Ice
Profession
Chose
I never really like to skate in an empty ice rink; I always need the attention of an audience.
Katarina Witt
Rink
Never
Attention
Like
Empty
Audience
Always
Skate
Ice
Really
Need
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
Teacher
Class
Half
Year
Others
Late
Would
Learn
Learned
Said
Did
Much
Started
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
Me
Competition
Win
Nervous
Think
Out
About
Make
Go
Forget
Just
Ice
Skating
Competitions
Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it.
Katarina Witt
Work
You
Nothing
Silver
Almost
Almost Nothing
Really
Platter
Presented
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
Good
Food
Freedom
People
World
Sometimes
Problems
Seen
Country
Lost
Jobs
Eastern
Would
Would-Be
Easy
Percent
Costs
Had
Knew
Feel
Like
Because
Lot
Up
Germany
Unemployment
Skater
Stranger
Even
Even Now
Now
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