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

Katarina Witt

Because Costs Country Eastern Easy Even Even Now Feel Food Freedom Germany Good Had Jobs Knew Like Lost Lot Now People Percent Problems Seen Skater Sometimes Stranger Unemployment Up World Would

Related Quotes

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

BacksBigCompetition

I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too.

— Katarina Witt

AthleteBecauseGood

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

— Katarina Witt

AllowedAthleteEast

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

AnythingBeenChose

Because thought has by now been perverted into the solving of assigned problems, even what is not assigned is processed like a problem.

— Theodor Adorno

AssignedBecauseBeen