Debi Thomas quotes
-
“I tell people I'm too stupid to know what's impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true.”
-- Debi Thomas -
“My mother introduced me to many different things, and figure skating was one of them. I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice.”
-- Debi Thomas -
“What makes you really come together under pressure is determination and focus and toughness.”
-- Debi Thomas -
“I watch a lot of professional skating, and I am really looking forward to going to nationals.”
-- Debi Thomas -
-
-
“I would make my mom buy me the toy doctor kit.”
-- Debi Thomas -
“Being an Olympian, I always have this strong belief in excellence.”
-- Debi Thomas -
“But I like it when my patients are impressed not knowing that I was an Olympian.”
-- Debi Thomas -
-
“I want people to know when I'm taking care of them I'll give it all that I've got.”
-- Debi Thomas -
“If you trust your nerve as well as your skill, you're capable of a lot more than you can imagine.”
-- Debi Thomas -
“I've got this thing with skating and school - to see how much I can accomplish.”
-- Debi Thomas -
-
“Right now I am doing my residency in orthopedic research.”
-- Debi Thomas -
“So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed.”
-- Debi Thomas -
“I am not really sure how I got interested in medicine.”
-- Debi Thomas -
“I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice.”
-- Debi Thomas -
-
“My advice is that going to the Olympics and winning a gold medal are great goals, but the real goal should be to be the best that you can be.”
-- Debi Thomas -
“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.”
-- Debi Thomas -
“I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics.”
-- Debi Thomas -
“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.”
-- Debi Thomas -
-
“Just because you didn't start out perfect doesn't mean you can't have an excellent result in the end.”
-- Debi Thomas -
“My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it for the medal.”
-- Debi Thomas -
“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.”
-- Debi Thomas -
-
“I was always very strong in math, physics and calculus.”
-- Debi Thomas -
“The Olympics: not one of my better memories.”
-- Debi Thomas -
“For as long as I can really remember, I wanted to be a doctor.”
-- Debi Thomas -
“Figure skating was a pretty individual sport. I've grown up a lot since those days and enjoy being part of a team now. Being a doctor is about working with nurses, therapists, anesthesiologists, and I've learned more about team play being a doctor than when I was in sports.”
-- Debi Thomas -
You may also like:
-
Aly Raisman
Gymnast -
Andy Dick
Comedian -
Brian Boitano
Figure Skater -
Dorothy Hamill
Figure Skater -
Iyanla Vanzant
Spiritual teacher -
Johnny Weir
Figure Skater -
Katarina Witt
Figure Skater -
Kristi Yamaguchi
Figure Skater -
Kurt Browning
Figure skater -
Michelle Kwan
Figure Skater -
Nancy Kerrigan
Figure Skater -
Oksana Baiul
Olympic athlete -
Peggy Fleming
Figure Skater -
Sasha Cohen
Olympic athlete -
Scott Hamilton
Figure Skater -
Sonja Henie
Figure Skater -
Tara Lipinski
Figure Skater -
Tenley Albright
Surgeon -
Tonya Harding
Olympian -
Tristan MacManus
Dancer