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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. "
Laurie Hernandez
Think
Hispanic
You
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" Basically, I was a little bit nervous before competing beam at the Olympics, and I had this nervous thing to just talk to myself, like 'You can do it, you can do it.' And right before I hopped up there, I said, 'I got this.' "
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" I definitely take it as a really big responsibility on my shoulders to make sure I'm motivating my generation and the people around me and, hopefully, inspire people to try something new. "
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" It's weird to hear anyone call me a role model. "
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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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" My athlete idol is Usain Bolt. He's inhumanly fast! "
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" I am second-generation American, and my grandparents are from Puerto Rico. "
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" It's really hard to be all serious in the tango and not break into laughter. "
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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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" The big cheat meal will be a cookies and cream milkshake. "
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Cream
" If you want to train hard enough to go to the Olympics, then you're going to go out, and you're going to do it. It doesn't matter what skin color or who you are. "
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Want
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" Coming into 'Dancing With the Stars,' I thought it would be a lot easier. "
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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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" Through my life, I do want to inspire others. "
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Others
Inspire
" No matter what race or color you are, you can aspire to do something great. "
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Color
You
" Meeting kids who feel inspired by my story, it means so much to me. "
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Meeting
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" Honestly, I don't really know the rules of tango! "
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Really
" I'm glad to be partnered with Orgullosa because I feel that now that I'm able to win a gold medal at the Olympics, win a silver medal, I feel little girls will be able to look up to me, and Hispanics will kind of rise a little more. "
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Win
Rise
" 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. "
Laurie Hernandez
Home
Me
She
" As an athlete, the most important thing is the protein that you eat and the things that you put into your body. Without that, it's very hard to function throughout the day. "
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Eat
Day
Body
" 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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I Can
Great
Practice
" 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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People
Happy
Think
" Of course I'm very sassy. "
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Sassy
Course
" Even though I'm a gymnast, I've always loved dancing. "
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Even
" I hope I can help inspire people to go for their dreams. "
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Dreams
" 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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Down
" 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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Mother
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" The best part is when parents come up to me with their kids, and they say, 'My daughter started gymnastics because of you.' "
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You
Parents
Me
" 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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Go
Beautiful
Mexico
" 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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" 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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Year