Right now I am doing my residency in orthopedic research..

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

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..

You can accomplish anything with pure persistence and drive..

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

The Olympics: not one of my better memories..

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….

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

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..

I begged my mom to let me start skating..

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

Being an Olympian, I always have this strong belief in excellence..

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 b….

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

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

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

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

I tell people I'm too stupid to know what's impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true..

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….