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" Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it. "
Work
You
Silver
" As an athlete, you choose your sport and are drawn into it but your passion should never be driven by fame and fortune but a desire to create something special that people will always remember. "
Passion
People
Remember
" 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. "
Think
Win
Competition
" Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball. "
Ball
Woman
Man
" Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport. "
Figure
Figure Skating
Skating
" I can't say, 'It doesn't matter if you win or lose.' It's not true. You go in to win. "
Lose
True
Say
" I hope that I can maintain my skating as long as possible. "
Hope
Skating
I Can
" I learned not to depend on other people. I needed support, but it's you who has to go out and deliver. "
Go
You
Support
" I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb. "
Climb
Big
Front
" 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. "
Serious
Me
Feet
" I never really like to skate in an empty ice rink; I always need the attention of an audience. "
Attention
Audience
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. "
Learn
Late
Said
" It's hard work to make a four-minute program look effortless and elegant. "
Look
Hard Work
Hard
" 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. "
Been
Ice
Like
" I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too. "
Pretty
Athlete
Good
" I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional. "
Professional
Go
First
" Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports. "
Money
Sports
Should
" Skating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing. "
Just
Focus
Goal
" Sometimes, success almost haunts you. You want to be the best at everything you do and know you have to work hard. "
Work Hard
Best
Work
" The desire to really compete again has been there for a long time. "
Again
Long
Long Time
" Too many times women try to be competitive with each other. We should help support each other, rather than try to be better than each other. "
Other
Help
Support
" When I get up, I have a cup of coffee, surf the Internet, then do a half-hour run. "
Internet
Up
Coffee
" When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition. "
Competition
Go
Ice
" When you reach a certain level, you live in a bubble when all you think, dream and breathe is becoming the best athlete in the world. "
Think
Best
You
" 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. "
Day
Week
Think
" 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. "
Smiling
You
Job
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