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" People would be surprised to know I had a flip phone until 2015. "

Laurie Hernandez

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

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

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

Laurie Hernandez

" My family has always been very close. Ever since I was a kid, everybody was always together, including my grandma. In the mornings, my mom would work, and my grandma would help me get ready and would walk me to school. We were all so close to her. "

Laurie Hernandez

" 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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" 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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" 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. "

Laurie Hernandez

" I hope the Final Five has shown that everyone is capable of success if they work hard. "

Laurie Hernandez

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

Laurie Hernandez

" Every year, my mom makes sure I have my checkups and everything, which is probably a really good idea. She's great with all that health stuff. "

Laurie Hernandez

" 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

" Of course I'm very sassy. "

Laurie Hernandez

" I like history because you can't really progress without knowing what comes before you, so I think it's super fascinating. "

Laurie Hernandez

" Coming into 'Dancing With the Stars,' I thought it would be a lot easier. "

Laurie Hernandez

" 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. "

Laurie Hernandez

" 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. "

Laurie Hernandez

" The first meal that I learned to make was scrambled eggs. "

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" Sometimes you just don't know what to say. "

Laurie Hernandez

" I would love to be an actress! "

Laurie Hernandez

" 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. "

Laurie Hernandez

" I tell everyone that I'm 5 feet-1 inch tall, but I think I'm technically 5 feet. My mom says she's 4 feet 11 inches, and I'm barely taller than her. "

Laurie Hernandez

" 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. "

Laurie Hernandez

" Don't let people tell you that you can't do something. "

Laurie Hernandez

" 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. "

Laurie Hernandez

" 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! "

Laurie Hernandez

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

Laurie Hernandez

" 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. "

Laurie Hernandez

" 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. "

Laurie Hernandez