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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. "
Laurie Hernandez
Doing
Control
Maturity
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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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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" My mother was in the Army Reserve for six years. She taught me the importance of following rules, finishing what I start, never giving up, leadership skills, teamwork, staying positive, motivated and how to pack the military way when I'm traveling! "
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" The first meal that I learned to make was scrambled eggs. "
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" 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. "
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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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Day
Body
" 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. "
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Love
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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. "
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Doing
Positive
" 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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You
Mom
She
" 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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Kind
Top
You
" 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
" 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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Home
Me
She
" Being able to do something that I love and be at such a high level of gymnastics is just amazing. "
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Level
Love
" Of course I'm very sassy. "
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Very
Sassy
Course
" 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
" My mom decided that she wanted to put the mirror ball trophy on the coffee table in the center of our living room. When people walk in, it's kind of like, 'Uh.' It's a little weird. Maybe we should put it in the corner or something. "
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Mirror
People
Coffee
" I hope the Final Five has shown that everyone is capable of success if they work hard. "
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Work Hard
Hope
Everyone
" I'm confident. I'm a crowd pleaser. "
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Confident
Pleaser
Crowd
" 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
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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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Kid
Expectation
Thinking
" 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. "
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You
Glasses
Look
" My greatest inspiration is my coach, Maggie Haney. "
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Coach
Maggie
Inspiration
" Secretly, I'm a 5-year-old. "
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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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" It's really hard to be all serious in the tango and not break into laughter. "
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Tango
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" Meeting kids who feel inspired by my story, it means so much to me. "
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Meeting
Story
" I think I still like science and art better, but geometry is a big improvement over algebra. "
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Science
" Don't let people tell you that you can't do something. "
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