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" If you think too far ahead, then it'll just stress you out. "
Laurie Hernandez
Stress
You
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" We're all different, so even though someone is getting a skill before you, it doesn't mean that you're not good enough; it just means you have to wait a little bit, and the skill will come when it comes. "
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Enough
You
Wait
" When you're a little girl, and you're watching the Olympics, and you see this very diverse group of gymnasts out there, and - I think this team, the Final 5, will inspire so many little girls to go out there and do what they love. "
Laurie Hernandez
Love
Little Girls
Think
" 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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Rest
Flight
Sleep
" 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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Like
Done
Never
" 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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Way
Puerto Rico
Honor
" Secretly, I'm a 5-year-old. "
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Secretly
" 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
" When I was a little kid, I don't remember looking up and seeing so many Hispanic athletes out there. "
Laurie Hernandez
Kid
Looking
Remember
" I've been to Tokyo-slash-Japan - we actually went to Yokohama in 2015 and 2013 for international competitions. I think that it would be really nice to go back and do a little Olympic thing there. "
Laurie Hernandez
Go
Been
Back
" 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. "
Laurie Hernandez
Eat
Day
Body
" I started a gymnastics class at five years old, but it became serious at seven. "
Laurie Hernandez
Serious
Old
Years
" 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. "
Laurie Hernandez
People
Happy
Think
" My earliest memory was watching gymnastics on live TV and wanting to do what the 'big girls' did. "
Laurie Hernandez
Wanting
Big
Watching
" I'm confident. I'm a crowd pleaser. "
Laurie Hernandez
Confident
Pleaser
Crowd
" 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. "
Laurie Hernandez
Think
People
Today
" The thing that makes me feel the most confident is definitely my smile. I like that my smile and my facial expressions really show what I'm feeling, and my smile is the best way to show that I'm happy. "
Laurie Hernandez
Feeling
Happy
Me
" Coming into 'Dancing With the Stars,' I thought it would be a lot easier. "
Laurie Hernandez
Stars
Dancing
Thought
" Through my life, I do want to inspire others. "
Laurie Hernandez
My Life
Others
Inspire
" 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. "
Laurie Hernandez
Family
Work
Walk
" 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. "
Laurie Hernandez
Everyone
Mom
Think
" 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
Attitude
Doing
Positive
" People would be surprised to know I had a flip phone until 2015. "
Laurie Hernandez
Phone
People
Surprised
" The best part is when parents come up to me with their kids, and they say, 'My daughter started gymnastics because of you.' "
Laurie Hernandez
You
Parents
Me
" My emotions kind of shine through my face, so whatever I'm thinking is what I'm portraying as well. "
Laurie Hernandez
Thinking
Face
Emotions
" The Olympics, as a little kid, it was such a big goal that I created for myself, and I was able to push through and make that happen. "
Laurie Hernandez
Push
Happen
Goal
" 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. "
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Training
Night
Family
" Dancing is different than gymnastics, but it's a good different, and it's something that I've always wanted to try. "
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Different
Try
Good
" 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
Me
Child
" I listen to a lot of music. One of my favorite songs is 'Final Song' by M. It's something that I listen to before a lot of competitions. "
Laurie Hernandez
Listen
Music
Favorite
" A goal of making it to the Olympic Games has motivated me to work very hard in my sport. "
Laurie Hernandez
Work
Games
Hard