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" Usually, before I salute the judge, I'm able to just grab the event, and I pray on it, and that really grounds me. For some reason, once I do that, I am able to think clearly, and I'm able to calm down right before I compete. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

Laurie Hernandez

Home

She

" When you have family with you, it gives you extra energy. "

" Meeting kids who feel inspired by my story, it means so much to me. "

" 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. "

Laurie Hernandez

Win

Rise

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I never look at scores or anything. "

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

" 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. "

" I think it's amazing that I can go out there and be myself, and the fact that I'm carrying Puerto Rico on my back a little bit is such an honor. "

" 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. "

" My earliest memory was watching gymnastics on live TV and wanting to do what the 'big girls' did. "

" 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. "

" 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

Pictures

Funny

" I think people are people. If you want something, go get it. I don't think it matters what race you are. "

" I knew when I started gymnastics, I wanted to have a lot of fun and eventually go to the Olympics. On the moments where I felt really down, I just remembered, 'You're almost there. Just keep going. Keep working hard.' "

Laurie Hernandez

Down

Fun

" 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

Been

Back

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I would love to be an actress! "

" Dancing is so much fun. "