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Basically, I was a little bit nervous before competing beam at the Olympics, and I had this nervous thing to just talk to myself, like 'You can do it, you can do it.' And right before I hopped up there, I said, 'I got this.'

Dancing is so much fun.

Laurie Hernandez

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

Laurie Hernandez

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

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

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.

Laurie Hernandez

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.

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

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

My parents have tried not to intrude. They kind of stayed apart from my gymnastics but are very supportive, and that's very helpful as a gymnast to not have your parents say, 'Did you do this today?' and just be very on top of you.

Laurie Hernandez

My whole life revolved around gymnastics because I loved it so much. I home-schooled because of it; I changed my eating habits.

Laurie Hernandez

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.

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

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

Laurie Hernandez

When I was a little kid, I don't remember looking up and seeing so many Hispanic athletes out there.

Laurie Hernandez

I hope I can help inspire people to go for their dreams.

Laurie Hernandez

It's weird to hear anyone call me a role model.

Laurie Hernandez

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

Laurie Hernandez

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

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

I'm confident. I'm a crowd pleaser.

Laurie Hernandez

Basically, I was a little bit nervous before competing beam at the Olympics, and I had this nervous thing to just talk to myself, like 'You can do it, you can do it.' And right before I hopped up there, I said, 'I got this.'

Laurie Hernandez

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.

Laurie Hernandez

When I perform and the crowd is cheering, there's a ringing noise in my head. I'm just zoned in, and even though I know there are people watching me, all I hear is this ringing inside of me.

Laurie Hernandez

It's kind of like I won a gold medal with my family.

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

Laurie Hernandez

Having the opportunity to go to the U.S. Olympics was great because I was the first Latina in over 30 years to compete in gymnastics at the Olympics.

Laurie Hernandez

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

Laurie Hernandez

As an athlete, the most important thing is the protein that you eat and the things that you put into your body. Without that, it's very hard to function throughout the day.

Laurie Hernandez

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Laurie Hernandez

I love performing for the crowd. Maybe that's what it is. I'm a crowd pleaser.

Laurie Hernandez