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Dancing is so much fun.
Of course I'm very sassy.
I never look at scores or anything.
I'm confident. I'm a crowd pleaser.
Sometimes you just don't know what to say.
Through my life, I do want to inspire others.
It's weird to hear anyone call me a role model.
Honestly, I don't really know the rules of tango!
My greatest inspiration is my coach, Maggie Haney.
My athlete idol is Usain Bolt. He's inhumanly fast!
It's kind of like I won a gold medal with my family.
Even though I'm a gymnast, I've always loved dancing.
I hope I can help inspire people to go for their dreams.
The big cheat meal will be a cookies and cream milkshake.
When you have family with you, it gives you extra energy.
The first meal that I learned to make was scrambled eggs.
If you think too far ahead, then it'll just stress you out.
People would be surprised to know I had a flip phone until 2015.
Meeting kids who feel inspired by my story, it means so much to me.
On Sundays, I just love to go to church and then relax the whole day!
Coming into 'Dancing With the Stars,' I thought it would be a lot easier.
I am second-generation American, and my grandparents are from Puerto Rico.
No matter what race or color you are, you can aspire to do something great.
It's really hard to be all serious in the tango and not break into laughter.
I love performing for the crowd. Maybe that's what it is. I'm a crowd pleaser.
I started a gymnastics class at five years old, but it became serious at seven.
When I was 5, I was always joking around like, 'Oh man, I wanna go to the Olympics.'
I hope the Final Five has shown that everyone is capable of success if they work hard.
A goal of making it to the Olympic Games has motivated me to work very hard in my sport.
You're supposed to go to prom during high school. I don't go to high school. I homeschool.
I think I still like science and art better, but geometry is a big improvement over algebra.
When I was a little kid, I looked up to other people, so I hope that I can inspire little kids.
My earliest memory was watching gymnastics on live TV and wanting to do what the 'big girls' did.
Being able to do something that I love and be at such a high level of gymnastics is just amazing.
My emotions kind of shine through my face, so whatever I'm thinking is what I'm portraying as well.
When I was a little kid, I don't remember looking up and seeing so many Hispanic athletes out there.
I think people are people. If you want something, go get it. I don't think it matters what race you are.
Growing up and seeing Shawn Johnson, for her to call me on the phone, I think my inner child was freaking out!
People have always asked me why my favorite event was floor, and my answer was always, 'Because I love to dance!'
Dancing is different than gymnastics, but it's a good different, and it's something that I've always wanted to try.
I like history because you can't really progress without knowing what comes before you, so I think it's super fascinating.
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.
The best part is when parents come up to me with their kids, and they say, 'My daughter started gymnastics because of you.'
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 whole life revolved around gymnastics because I loved it so much. I home-schooled because of it; I changed my eating habits.
I love my height because when I'm doing gymnastics, it really benefits the sport - and also, I think being short is kind of cute.
The Olympics, as a little kid, it was such a big goal that I created for myself, and I was able to push through and make that happen.
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.
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.
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.