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" I never look at scores or anything. "

Laurie Hernandez

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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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. "

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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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" 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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" Even though I'm a gymnast, I've always loved dancing. "

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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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" 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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" 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. "

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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. "

Laurie Hernandez

" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

Laurie Hernandez

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

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" Of course I'm very sassy. "

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" Honestly, I don't really know the rules of tango! "

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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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" Being able to do something that I love and be at such a high level of gymnastics is just amazing. "

Laurie Hernandez

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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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