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.

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

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

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

Right now I am doing my residency in orthopedic research.

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

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