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" Everyone keeps asking me when I have time to rest. I'll tell you when: I get all my sleep on planes. If the flight is five hours, my nap is five hours! I'll sleep through the whole flight. "

Laurie Hernandez

Rest

Flight

Sleep

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" I think I still like science and art better, but geometry is a big improvement over algebra. "

" 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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" When I was a little kid, I looked up to other people, so I hope that I can inspire little kids. "

" I listen to a lot of music. One of my favorite songs is 'Final Song' by M. It's something that I listen to before a lot of competitions. "

" I would love to be an actress! "

" I hope the Final Five has shown that everyone is capable of success if they work hard. "

" Of course I'm very sassy. "

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" My earliest memory was watching gymnastics on live TV and wanting to do what the 'big girls' did. "

" 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! "

" People would be surprised to know I had a flip phone until 2015. "

" 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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Never

" 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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Child

" 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. "

" You're supposed to go to prom during high school. I don't go to high school. I homeschool. "

" 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. "

" Meeting kids who feel inspired by my story, it means so much to me. "

" 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 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. "

" When I was 5, I was always joking around like, 'Oh man, I wanna go to the Olympics.' "

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" I want to be a role model. I want to be able to know that I inspired girls to work hard and go for their dreams and to never give up. "

" 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. "

" When I was a little kid, I don't remember looking up and seeing so many Hispanic athletes out there. "

" 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. "