Occupation: Physician Birth: March 25, 1967
So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed..
I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice..
I would make my mom buy me the toy doctor kit..
I begged my mom to let me start skating..
I tell people I'm too stupid to know what's impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true..
What makes you really come together under pressure is determination and focus and toughness..
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 i….
I wanted to be a doctor since I was five..
You can accomplish anything with pure persistence and drive..
But I like it when my patients are impressed not knowing that I was an Olympian..
I've got this thing with skating and school - to see how much I can accomplish..
I was always very strong in math, physics and calculus..
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 workin….
I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics..
If you trust your nerve as well as your skill, you're capable of a lot more than you can imagine..
Just because you didn't start out perfect doesn't mean you can't have an excellent result in the end..
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..
I want people to know when I'm taking care of them I'll give it all that I've got..
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….
I watch a lot of professional skating, and I am really looking forward to going to nationals..