Katarina Witt Quotes

I want to ski as long as I can.

I don't dunk anymore.

In my seventies, I exercised to stay ambulatory. In my eighties, I exercise to avoid assisted living.

We may train or peek for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport.

I consider a day without running a crappy day.

My mother was a P.E. teacher, and she was kind of a fanatic about fitness and nutrition growing up, so it was ingrained in me at a young age. As I get older, I'm finding out it's not about getting all buffed up and looking good. It's more about staying healthy and flexible.

If I want to run around a field when I'm 70, I would like to have that option.

I get antsy if a year goes by without doing a play. I don't go to the gym, so this is my way of trying to live longer.

Sports isn't just a part of life. It's not life itself.

I actually feel, in a lot of ways, that I'm in better shape than I was when I was 30.

Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen year old. If you've got both, you can play baseball.

At 28, you need recovery time after training.

I don't want to be 70 years old jumping around onstage.

I've been screaming at the top of my lungs at my family, 'Work out! Work out! Old age is coming!'

I plan to be running as long as I can and have no plans to stop.

Someday, I'll be too old to run around the stage - though that won't hopefully happen for a long while yet.

My doctor told me that jogging could add years to my life. I think he was right. I feel ten years older already.

Exercise is the fountain of youth, I believe.

You can exercise right through to your 60s, 70s, 80s and even 90s.

Fitness has nothing to do with age.

I am 40 years old, but I still feel fit.

I train year-round.

I'll try to play as long as I can stay healthy.

I am more interested in health, quality of life, longevity and how training and nutrition affects that as you get older.

Your fitness is your ability to recover and you can't recover when you're old.