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" I think I still like science and art better, but geometry is a big improvement over algebra. "
Laurie Hernandez
Art
Think
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" I never look at scores or anything. "
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" I think people are people. If you want something, go get it. I don't think it matters what race you are. "
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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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" 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. "
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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! "
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" When I came home after 'DWTS,' I had a couple of days, and I had actually given the Mirrorball to my mom. She loves to decorate the house, so I said, 'Here - make it pretty. Do what you want with it! "
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" 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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" 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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" Of course I'm very sassy. "
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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 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. "
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" Honestly, I don't really know the rules of tango! "
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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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" I'm confident. I'm a crowd pleaser. "
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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 earliest memory was watching gymnastics on live TV and wanting to do what the 'big girls' did. "
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" 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 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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" Having the opportunity to go to the U.S. Olympics was great because I was the first Latina in over 30 years to compete in gymnastics at the Olympics. "
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" Coming into 'Dancing With the Stars,' I thought it would be a lot easier. "
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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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" 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 started a gymnastics class at five years old, but it became serious at seven. "
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" My greatest inspiration is my coach, Maggie Haney. "
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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. "
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" I don't see it as pressure at all. I see it as such an honor to just in some sort of way represent Puerto Rico and Hispanics and all the girls out there. "
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" Meeting kids who feel inspired by my story, it means so much to me. "
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" 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.' "
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