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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! "
Laurie Hernandez
Phone
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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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" 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 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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" 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. "
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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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" My athlete idol is Usain Bolt. He's inhumanly fast! "
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" It's really hard to be all serious in the tango and not break into laughter. "
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" I love listening to music in general before I compete. It's something that calms me down, and meditating and breathing before I get up there to calm all my nerves. "
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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 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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" I started a gymnastics class at five years old, but it became serious at seven. "
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" Life has been a really big whirlwind, but it's been a lot of fun. I travel so much, and I'm constantly doing things that I love, but it's just me. "
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" My first week at 'DWTS' was amazing! I definitely fangirled when I walked into the ballroom because I looked at all the judges and where they were sitting, and I was like, 'Wow, that's the official judges' table!' "
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" 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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" I think I still like science and art better, but geometry is a big improvement over algebra. "
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" People have always asked me why my favorite event was floor, and my answer was always, 'Because I love to dance!' "
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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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" Usually, before I salute the judge, I'm able to just grab the event, and I pray on it, and that really grounds me. For some reason, once I do that, I am able to think clearly, and I'm able to calm down right before I compete. "
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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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