Debi Thomas Quotes (18 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.

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.

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

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.

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

I begged my mom to let me start skating.

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

Right now I am doing my residency in orthopedic research.

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.

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.

We helped them unload and while they were here all of the people were coming in and getting meals. We let them go through the stuff, so these six men got to see the fruits of their labor. It was the most incredible thing because we sat and watched six grown men ball like babies as they watched the people taking the things that they had brought and making a difference in somebody else's life.

The Olympics: not one of my better memories.

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.

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

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

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

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

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