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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I begged my mom to let me start skating. "

" I want people to know when I'm taking care of them I'll give it all that I've got. "

" 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. "

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

Looking Forward

" For as long as I can really remember, I wanted to be a doctor. "

" 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. "

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

" I wanted to be a doctor since I was five. "

" The Olympics: not one of my better memories. "