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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. "
Laurie Hernandez
Think
People
Today
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" 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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" 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 performing for the crowd. Maybe that's what it is. I'm a crowd pleaser. "
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" If you think too far ahead, then it'll just stress you out. "
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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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" 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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" I think I still like science and art better, but geometry is a big improvement over algebra. "
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" I never look at scores or anything. "
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" I hope the Final Five has shown that everyone is capable of success if they work hard. "
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Everyone
" I'm confident. I'm a crowd pleaser. "
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" I don't think that being Hispanic, being black, being white - I don't think that limits you to anything. I think everyone should just go for what they want. "
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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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Flight
Sleep
" My greatest inspiration is my coach, Maggie Haney. "
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Coach
Maggie
Inspiration
" 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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Tell
Surprise
Nobody
" It's kind of like I won a gold medal with my family. "
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Like
Kind
" Coming into 'Dancing With the Stars,' I thought it would be a lot easier. "
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Stars
Dancing
Thought
" 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. "
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Listen
Music
Favorite
" 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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" 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
Proud
Family
" I hope I can help inspire people to go for their dreams. "
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People
Go
Dreams
" I am second-generation American, and my grandparents are from Puerto Rico. "
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Grandparents
" 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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Me
Child
" 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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Mom
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" Honestly, I don't really know the rules of tango! "
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Know
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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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" A goal of making it to the Olympic Games has motivated me to work very hard in my sport. "
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" I think a big part of what has helped me move forward with the sport is my family. We're all so close together, and the support system has been amazing. "
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" 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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Table
Sitting
Judges
" 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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Dreams
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