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" A goal of making it to the Olympic Games has motivated me to work very hard in my sport. "
Laurie Hernandez
Work
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Hard
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" My emotions kind of shine through my face, so whatever I'm thinking is what I'm portraying as well. "
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" Don't let people tell you that you can't do something. "
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" My earliest memory was watching gymnastics on live TV and wanting to do what the 'big girls' did. "
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" I think people are people. If you want something, go get it. I don't think it matters what race you are. "
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" I am second-generation American, and my grandparents are from Puerto Rico. "
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" I don't think that being Hispanic, being black, being white - I don't think that limits you to anything. I think everyone should just go for what they want. "
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" I think I still like science and art better, but geometry is a big improvement over algebra. "
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" We're all different, so even though someone is getting a skill before you, it doesn't mean that you're not good enough; it just means you have to wait a little bit, and the skill will come when it comes. "
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" Coming into 'Dancing With the Stars,' I thought it would be a lot easier. "
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" Every year, my mom makes sure I have my checkups and everything, which is probably a really good idea. She's great with all that health stuff. "
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" I'm confident. I'm a crowd pleaser. "
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" My greatest inspiration is my coach, Maggie Haney. "
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" I feel I could be a role model to other Hispanic gymnasts interested in the sport, but I also want them to understand the importance of being focused, determined, and not giving up, despite all the struggles. "
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" The big cheat meal will be a cookies and cream milkshake. "
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" Something that would probably surprise my fans is that I wear contact lenses, and nobody really knows that because I guess I've never really had to tell anybody about that. "
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" People call me the human emoji because I think people recognize that if I'm ever thinking something or feeling a certain emotion, it goes straight to my face. So if I'm happy, you'll know I'm happy, and if I'm mad, you'll know I'm mad just by looking at me. "
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" My whole life revolved around gymnastics because I loved it so much. I home-schooled because of it; I changed my eating habits. "
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" I am extremely close to my grandma. Growing up, she would always do my hair; she was always the one who would make me chocolate milk or rice when I came home. "
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" When I perform and the crowd is cheering, there's a ringing noise in my head. I'm just zoned in, and even though I know there are people watching me, all I hear is this ringing inside of me. "
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" People would be surprised to know I had a flip phone until 2015. "
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" I think a big part of what has helped me move forward with the sport is my family. We're all so close together, and the support system has been amazing. "
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" I do like writing. When I was a little kid, I used to love writing funny, silly stories - and my mom would always encourage it. I don't know why I ever stopped! "
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" I think it's amazing that I can go out there and be myself, and the fact that I'm carrying Puerto Rico on my back a little bit is such an honor. "
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" Having the opportunity to go to the U.S. Olympics was great because I was the first Latina in over 30 years to compete in gymnastics at the Olympics. "
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" My family has always been very close. Ever since I was a kid, everybody was always together, including my grandma. In the mornings, my mom would work, and my grandma would help me get ready and would walk me to school. We were all so close to her. "
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" The Olympics was really, really stressful because I had never done anything like it. At the same time, I was understanding something like that could never really happen again. I embraced it and took in everything. "
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" I don't see it as pressure at all. I see it as such an honor to just in some sort of way represent Puerto Rico and Hispanics and all the girls out there. "
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