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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. "
Laurie Hernandez
Health
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Year
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" When I came home after 'DWTS,' I had a couple of days, and I had actually given the Mirrorball to my mom. She loves to decorate the house, so I said, 'Here - make it pretty. Do what you want with it! "
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" A goal of making it to the Olympic Games has motivated me to work very hard in my sport. "
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" I was an energetic child, always walking on my hands, flipping off of the back of the couch, or jumping up and down on my bed. "
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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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" It's kind of like I won a gold medal with my family. "
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" I love my height because when I'm doing gymnastics, it really benefits the sport - and also, I think being short is kind of cute. "
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" I hope the Final Five has shown that everyone is capable of success if they work hard. "
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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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" When I was 5, I was always joking around like, 'Oh man, I wanna go to the Olympics.' "
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" If I could go anywhere, I'd love to visit Greece someday because it looks so beautiful, and I'd also love to go to Mexico. "
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" Meeting kids who feel inspired by my story, it means so much to me. "
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" I hope I can help inspire people to go for their dreams. "
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" Since kindergarten, I was the shortest kid in class. They always put me toward the front in school pictures, because you couldn't see me if I was in the back. It was kind of funny. "
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Me
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" I love performing for the crowd. Maybe that's what it is. I'm a crowd pleaser. "
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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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Nobody
" Being able to do something that I love and be at such a high level of gymnastics is just amazing. "
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Being
Level
Love
" I tell everyone that I'm 5 feet-1 inch tall, but I think I'm technically 5 feet. My mom says she's 4 feet 11 inches, and I'm barely taller than her. "
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Everyone
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" Coming into 'Dancing With the Stars,' I thought it would be a lot easier. "
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" Growing up and seeing Shawn Johnson, for her to call me on the phone, I think my inner child was freaking out! "
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" When you're a little girl, and you're watching the Olympics, and you see this very diverse group of gymnasts out there, and - I think this team, the Final 5, will inspire so many little girls to go out there and do what they love. "
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Love
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" People have seen me at my best, but I don't think most of them know everything that it took to get me to where I am today. "
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Today
" I feel that, every day, God molds me into someone that He wants me to be. So if that means just, like, talking to teammates and helping them out, or, like, every so often I'll post a Bible verse on Twitter or Instagram. "
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Day
Me
" When you're a little kid, and you're, like, thinking about the Olympics, and you just have this big expectation, it just lived up exactly to that. "
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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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" Homeschooling is great because it's extremely lenient, and so if there's a day I come home from practice and mentally, I'm just exhausted, I can actually just save the test for the next day if I really have to. "
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" When I was a little kid, I looked up to other people, so I hope that I can inspire little kids. "
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" The big cheat meal will be a cookies and cream milkshake. "
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" My mother was in the Army Reserve for six years. She taught me the importance of following rules, finishing what I start, never giving up, leadership skills, teamwork, staying positive, motivated and how to pack the military way when I'm traveling! "
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" Two people who really inspire me are my parents, Wanda and Anthony, just because they really made sure to keep up Hispanic culture in my family. "
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" I knew when I started gymnastics, I wanted to have a lot of fun and eventually go to the Olympics. On the moments where I felt really down, I just remembered, 'You're almost there. Just keep going. Keep working hard.' "
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