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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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" 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. "

Laurie Hernandez

Win

Rise

" It's really hard to be all serious in the tango and not break into laughter. "

" My parents have tried not to intrude. They kind of stayed apart from my gymnastics but are very supportive, and that's very helpful as a gymnast to not have your parents say, 'Did you do this today?' and just be very on top of you. "

" I love performing for the crowd. Maybe that's what it is. I'm a crowd pleaser. "

" I got a piece of a dead person's ligament in my body. "

" Growing up, there wasn't an exact Hispanic role model that I had. I didn't realize how big a difference I was making, going to the Olympics and being Hispanic, until I would be in an autograph session, and parents would come up to me and say, 'You know, our family is so proud of you, you're really doing Hispanics proud.' "

Laurie Hernandez

Proud

Family

" 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. "

Laurie Hernandez

Parents

Culture

" 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. "

Laurie Hernandez

People

Know

" Being able to wear contacts, you don't have to worry about your glasses falling off or how you look during your beam routine. As soon as they're in, literally two minutes later, you forget that they're on. "

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

" Coming into 'Dancing With the Stars,' I thought it would be a lot easier. "

" 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. "

" I want to make sure I always show off my smile and have a positive attitude the whole time, whether it's during a performance, practice, or doing an interview. "

" I hope I can help inspire people to go for their dreams. "

Laurie Hernandez

People

Dreams

" My athlete idol is Usain Bolt. He's inhumanly fast! "

Laurie Hernandez

Idol

Fast

" 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. "

Laurie Hernandez

God

Day

" 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.' "

Laurie Hernandez

Down

Fun

" 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. "

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

Laurie Hernandez

Olympics

" 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. "

" My greatest inspiration is my coach, Maggie Haney. "

" 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.' "

" Sometimes you just don't know what to say. "

" 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 I'm not training, I'm typically doing anything self-care, so, like, bath bombs and face masks, or, like, having a movie night with my family, if that's possible. "

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

Laurie Hernandez

Beautiful

Mexico

" If you think too far ahead, then it'll just stress you out. "

" I am second-generation American, and my grandparents are from Puerto Rico. "

" 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. "