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.

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Dream, Stupid, Goal

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Just because you didn't start out perfect doesn't mean you can't have an excellent result in the end.

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Success, Sports, Perseverance

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You can accomplish anything with pure persistence and drive.

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Persistence, Accomplish, Pure

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If you trust your nerve as well as your skill, you're capable of a lot more than you can imagine.

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Teaching, Learning, Athlete

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What makes you really come together under pressure is determination and focus and toughness.

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Success, Sports, Determination

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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.

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Softball, Sports, Motivation

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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.

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Mother, Ice, Skating

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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.

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Motivational, Moving, Athlete

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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.

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Real, Life Changing, Titles

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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.

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Sports, Names, Skating

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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.

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Sports, Team, Doctors

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I begged my mom to let me start skating.

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Mom, Skating, My Mom

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

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Skating, Watches, Looking Forward

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

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Medicine

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

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Doctors, Long, Remember

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I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics.

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Motivational, Athlete, Winter

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

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Heart, Emotional, Skating

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

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Engineering, Design, Enjoyed

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Right now I am doing my residency in orthopedic research.

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Research, Orthopedics, Right Now

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I've got this thing with skating and school - to see how much I can accomplish.

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School, Skating, Accomplish

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

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Strong, Math, Physics

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

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Ice

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The Olympics: not one of my better memories.

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Memories, Olympics, Good Memories

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

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Mom, Doctors, Toys

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I wanted to be a doctor since I was five.

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Doctors, Wanted, Five

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Born: March 25, 1967
Occupation: Physician
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