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

Laurie Hernandez

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" 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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" 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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" 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 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. "

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

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" 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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" 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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" 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 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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" The big cheat meal will be a cookies and cream milkshake. "

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

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" As far as cartoons go, I watched a lot of 'Ed, Edd, n Eddy' when I was a kid. "

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" I do like writing. When I was a little kid, I used to love writing funny, silly stories - and my mom would always encourage it. I don't know why I ever stopped! "

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

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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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" Dancing is so much fun. "

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

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

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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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" Now that I'm doing all these big competitions, I've learned to control my nerves and control my mindset, and I think that's where the maturity comes in. "

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" Secretly, I'm a 5-year-old. "

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" I never look at scores or anything. "

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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. "

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" I think I still like science and art better, but geometry is a big improvement over algebra. "

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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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" It's kind of like I won a gold medal with my family. "

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" When I was a little kid, I looked up to other people, so I hope that I can inspire little kids. "

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