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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.

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.

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

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Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.

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

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

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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.

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I learned not to depend on other people. I needed support, but it's you who has to go out and deliver.

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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.

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

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Katarina Witt

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