Debi Thomas Quotes

Right now I am doing my residency in orthopedic research.

I tell people I`m too stupid to know what`s impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true.

I was always very strong in math, physics and calculus.

For as long as I can really remember, I wanted to be a doctor.

Then I went on to win worlds, which added to the change in my life. Winning that was outstanding, but I skated better at the nationals.

The Olympics: not one of my better memories.

What was most important to me at the Olympics was going out there and performing my best. When I messed up the first jump combination, which was my big move, it hit me that I messed up the program of my life.

It is great to be a part of the whole skating family, and it makes me feel ecstatic that my name will be among the greats of the sport.

I am not really sure how I got interested in medicine.

I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice.

Plus, it also meant a lot because it was the Olympic year, and if I wanted a shot at Olympic gold I needed to be national champion.

My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it for the medal.

So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed.

I watch a lot of professional skating, and I am really looking forward to going to nationals.

I begged my mom to let me start skating.

I would make my mom buy me the toy doctor kit.

Probably the `86 nationals. That was my first real national title and first real statement I ever made in figure skating, and my life changed after I returned.