Quotes by Debi Thomas - Page 1

I begged my mom to let me start skating.
Debi Thomas / Physician
Mom
My Mom
Skating
Mom Me Start
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I wanted to be a doctor since I was five.
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Doctors
Five
Wanted
Doctor
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The Olympics: not one of my better memories.
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Good Memories
Memories
Olympics
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I would make my mom buy me the toy doctor kit.
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Mom
Doctors
Toys
Mom Doctor Me
Doctor
Toy
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I am not really sure how I got interested in medicine.
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Medicine
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I was always very strong in math, physics and calculus.
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Calculus
Math
Physics
Strong
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Right now I am doing my residency in orthopedic research.
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Orthopedics
Research
Right Now
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You can accomplish anything with pure persistence and drive.
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Accomplish
Persistence
Pure
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For as long as I can really remember, I wanted to be a doctor.
Debi Thomas / Physician
Doctors
Long
Remember
Long Remember I Can
Doctor
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I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice.
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Ice
Glide
Magical
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Being an Olympian, I always have this strong belief in excellence.
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Belief
Excellence
Olympian
Strong
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So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed.
Debi Thomas / Physician
Design
Engineering
Enjoyed
Product
Specifically
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I've got this thing with skating and school - to see how much I can accomplish.
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Accomplish
School
Skating
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But I like it when my patients are impressed not knowing that I was an Olympian.
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Impressed
Knowing
Not Knowing
Olympian
Patient
Patients
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I want people to know when I'm taking care of them I'll give it all that I've got.
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Care
Giving
People
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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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I watch a lot of professional skating, and I am really looking forward to going to nationals.
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Looking Forward
Skating
Watches
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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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Emotional
Heart
Medal
Skating
Doing
Emotional Thing
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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.
Debi Thomas / Physician
Learning
Athlete
Skills
Teaching
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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.
Debi Thomas / Physician
Success
Sports
Perfect
Perseverance
In The End
Result
Start
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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
African American
Athlete
Bronze
Medal
Olympics
Winter
Complain
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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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Death
Dream
Dreams
Goal
Half
Impossible
People
Stupid
Come
True
Too
Half The Time
Large
Ridiculously
Tell
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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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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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Sports
Motivation
Softball
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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.
Debi Thomas / Physician
Different Things
Figure Skating
Ice
Mother
Skating
Across
Me Mother Things
Figure
Glide
Introduced
Magical
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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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Figure Skating
Life Changing
Real
Titles
Life My Life Real
Returned
Statement
Title
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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
Athlete
Combination
Messed Up
Moving
Olympics
Performing
Program
Life Best Me
Jump
Messed
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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
Doctors
Team
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