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" On Sundays, I just love to go to church and then relax the whole day! "
Laurie Hernandez
Day
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Relax
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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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Me
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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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Me
She
" 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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Want
Train
" 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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Phone
Me
Child
" My greatest inspiration is my coach, Maggie Haney. "
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Maggie
Inspiration
" 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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Sitting
Judges
" Sometimes you just don't know what to say. "
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Know
Say
" 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
" My athlete idol is Usain Bolt. He's inhumanly fast! "
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Idol
He
Fast
" Meeting kids who feel inspired by my story, it means so much to me. "
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Inspired
Meeting
Story
" I started a gymnastics class at five years old, but it became serious at seven. "
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Serious
Old
Years
" My whole life revolved around gymnastics because I loved it so much. I home-schooled because of it; I changed my eating habits. "
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Habits
Because
Eating
" 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 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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Giving Up
Giving
Role Model
" 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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Music
Me
Calm
" I like history because you can't really progress without knowing what comes before you, so I think it's super fascinating. "
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History
Knowing
Progress
" 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
" 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
" 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. "
Laurie Hernandez
I Can
Great
Practice
" If you think too far ahead, then it'll just stress you out. "
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Stress
You
Just
" I never look at scores or anything. "
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Never
Anything
Look
" 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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Push
Happen
Goal
" People would be surprised to know I had a flip phone until 2015. "
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Phone
People
Surprised
" 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
" Life has been a really big whirlwind, but it's been a lot of fun. I travel so much, and I'm constantly doing things that I love, but it's just me. "
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Fun
Travel
Me
" 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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Matters
You
Want
" Being able to do something that I love and be at such a high level of gymnastics is just amazing. "
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Being
Level
Love
" 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
" Don't let people tell you that you can't do something. "
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People
Something
" Coming into 'Dancing With the Stars,' I thought it would be a lot easier. "
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Stars
Dancing
Thought