Katarina Witt Quotes

I don't train to be an All-American. I train to be the best.

That is what great athletes can do: they give us a model of striving for human perfection.

Right now, I'm at the top of the world in my game so my focus isn't on when I'm going to end. My focus is on playing the best tennis that I can, and there is no end to that.

In the pursuit of a championship and beyond, I'm determined to take my performance, on and off the field, to the next level. I'm confident that MET-Rx and their great lineup of sports nutrition products is the perfect partner to help me do just that.

That's what defines the best athletes: being capable of showing up year after year at the highest level.

Athletics at the highest level is a sport within a sport.

When you start off a new tournament, you want to do well.

I've been to three Olympics and I don't feel I've ever quite achieved my best at any of them.

When you've won a gold medal and you're at the top of your sport, everyone's trying to beat you. I find that incredibly motivating.

It was a dream of mine to be an Olympic champion but not a lifelong goal.

Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.

The big picture is the Trials and Olympics. I just have to keep focused for that, keep moving forward.

At 18 to 20, I was probably one of the quickest things around, at the peak of my powers.

There's no day when I don't think it would be great to be 25 years old and have the Olympics coming in less than 300 days - and be the best in the world. I can't think of anything so motivating.

We're focusing on producing top, great athletes for the Olympics.

Each game we play, every game is a championship-game mindset.

Growing up with brothers, I've always been a very competitive person and also very involved in sports. So when I was younger, whatever sport I was involved in, I wanted to go to the Olympics for that!

To be an Olympic athlete is an honour, a privilege. They're so respected. This is my dream. I have to do this.

I have never been ready 100% even when I was racing in my gold times.

I have the highest goals for myself. That's going out there and being the best player on the floor every time. That's my mentality. If it's Michael Jordan, you know, that's the mentality I take to the court.

Yes, I could win the Olympics. I hope to, and that's what I'm training for. But it's really going to come down to me racing on that day... Just being really calm and mature about what the reality is - that's my strategy.

In spring training, I just try to spread everything out so I can be 100 percent before the season starts. I don't want to start feeling like I don't get it once the season starts. I want to be 100 percent on Opening Day.

Real Madrid have to be at their best in every single training session and every single game.

That is what all the top players do and if you want to be the best you know you are going to get marked.

Competition keeps you young. It motivates you. It challenges your ego. Messi and Ronaldo have this with each other.