You can accomplish anything with pure persistence and drive.

- Debi Thomas

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

- Debi Thomas

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

- Debi Thomas

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…

- Debi Thomas

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

- Debi Thomas

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

- Debi Thomas

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.

- Debi Thomas

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

- Debi Thomas

The Olympics: not one of my better memories.

- Debi Thomas