Olympics Quotes by Debi Thomas

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

— Debi Thomas

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

— Debi Thomas

The Olympics: not one of my better memories.

— Debi Thomas

I begged my mom to let me start skating.

— Debi Thomas

It is great to be a part of the whole skating family, and it makes me feel ecstatic that my name will…

— Debi Thomas

My advice is that going to the Olympics and winning a gold medal are great goals, but the real goal should be…

— Debi Thomas

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

— Debi Thomas

My mother introduced me to many different things, and figure skating was one of them. I just thought that it was magical…

— Debi Thomas

Probably the '86 nationals. That was my first real national title and first real statement I ever made in figure skating, and…

— Debi Thomas

But I like it when my patients are impressed not knowing that I was an Olympian.

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

— Debi Thomas

What was most important to me at the Olympics was going out there and performing my best. When I messed up the…

— 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…

— Debi Thomas