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" People have always asked me why my favorite event was floor, and my answer was always, 'Because I love to dance!' "

Laurie Hernandez

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" Being able to do something that I love and be at such a high level of gymnastics is just amazing. "

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

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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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" I would love to be an actress! "

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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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" 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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" 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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" I'm glad to be partnered with Orgullosa because I feel that now that I'm able to win a gold medal at the Olympics, win a silver medal, I feel little girls will be able to look up to me, and Hispanics will kind of rise a little more. "

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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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" My athlete idol is Usain Bolt. He's inhumanly fast! "

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" Through my life, I do want to inspire others. "

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" Dancing is so much fun. "

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" My emotions kind of shine through my face, so whatever I'm thinking is what I'm portraying as well. "

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

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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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" 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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" Two people who really inspire me are my parents, Wanda and Anthony, just because they really made sure to keep up Hispanic culture in my family. "

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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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" 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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" Something that would probably surprise my fans is that I wear contact lenses, and nobody really knows that because I guess I've never really had to tell anybody about that. "

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" On Sundays, I just love to go to church and then relax the whole day! "

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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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" 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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" When I was 5, I was always joking around like, 'Oh man, I wanna go to the Olympics.' "

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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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" 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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