Quotes by Laurie Hernandez - Page 2

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 /
Amazing
Honor
Little Bit
Puerto Rico
Rico
Little
Bit
Back
Carrying
Fact
Puerto
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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.
Laurie Hernandez /
Hispanic
Inspire
Family Culture Me
Two People
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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 /
Travel
Fun
Whirlwind
Life Love Me
Life Love Travel
Constantly
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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.
Laurie Hernandez /
Little Kid
Olympics
Expectation
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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 /
Feet
Barely
Technically
Inch
Says
Taller
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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 /
Gymnastics
Latina
Olympics
Compete
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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.
Laurie Hernandez /
Big Part
Move Forward
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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 /
Maturity
Mindset
Nerves
Competitions
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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.
Laurie Hernandez /
Puerto Rico
Rico
Hispanics
Puerto
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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.
Laurie Hernandez /
Hispanic
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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 /
Grandma
Milk
Rice
Home I Am Me
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I want to make sure I always show off my smile and have a positive attitude the whole time, whether it's during a performance, practice, or doing an interview.
Laurie Hernandez /
Positive
Smile
Attitude
Positive Attitude
Practice
Attitude Positive Time
Always
Sure
Make
Show
Doing
Off
Interview
Performance
Show Off
Whether
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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!
Laurie Hernandez /
Little Kid
Silly
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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 /
Color
Olympics
Skin Color
Skin
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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.
Laurie Hernandez /
Meditating
Nerves
Love Music Me
Calms
Compete
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When I'm not training, I'm typically doing anything self-care, so, like, bath bombs and face masks, or, like, having a movie night with my family, if that's possible.
Laurie Hernandez /
Bombs
Bath
Masks
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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 /
Athlete
Function
Protein
Your Body
Your Body Important
Most Important Thing
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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 /
Contact
Lenses
Surprise
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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.
Laurie Hernandez /
Funny Me School
Shortest
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I definitely take it as a really big responsibility on my shoulders to make sure I'm motivating my generation and the people around me and, hopefully, inspire people to try something new.
Laurie Hernandez /
Big Responsibility
Inspire
My Generation
Something New
Responsibility Me People
Motivating
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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 /
Flight
Planes
Nap
Time Me Rest
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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 /
Noise
Me People Know
Me People Watching
Cheering
Crowd
Ringing
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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 /
Competitions
Olympic
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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!
Laurie Hernandez /
Decorate
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The thing that makes me feel the most confident is definitely my smile. I like that my smile and my facial expressions really show what I'm feeling, and my smile is the best way to show that I'm happy.
Laurie Hernandez /
Smile
Best Way
Facial
Best Me Feel
Confident
Show
Definitely
Expressions
Feeling
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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.
Laurie Hernandez /
Different
Enough
Little Bit
Mean
Not Good Enough
Bit
Before
Getting
Wait
Skill
Though
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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 /
Beam
Glasses
Routine
Contacts
Falling
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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 /
Despite
Determined
Focused
Giving
Giving Up
Hispanic
Importance
Not Giving Up
Feel
Understand
Also
Interested
Could
Sport
Model
Role
Role Model
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Homeschooling is great because it's extremely lenient, and so if there's a day I come home from practice and mentally, I'm just exhausted, I can actually just save the test for the next day if I really have to.
Laurie Hernandez /
Exhausted
Lenient
Practice
Home Great Day
Mentally
Extremely
Save
Test
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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!'
Laurie Hernandez /
Ballroom
Judges
Official
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The Olympics was really, really stressful because I had never done anything like it. At the same time, I was understanding something like that could never really happen again. I embraced it and took in everything.
Laurie Hernandez /
Olympics
Stressful
Embraced
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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 /
Fun
Gymnastics
Moments
Olympics
Remembered
Wanted
Almost
Working
Working Hard
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I feel that, every day, God molds me into someone that He wants me to be. So if that means just, like, talking to teammates and helping them out, or, like, every so often I'll post a Bible verse on Twitter or Instagram.
Laurie Hernandez /
Bible
God Me Day
Teammates
God Me Bible
Post
Verse
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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.'
Laurie Hernandez /
Beam
Competing
Nervous
Olympics
You Can Do It
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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.
Laurie Hernandez /
Calm
Calm Down
Salute
Pray
I Am Me Right
I Am Me Calm
Compete
Event
Grab
Grounds
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When you're a little girl, and you're watching the Olympics, and you see this very diverse group of gymnasts out there, and - I think this team, the Final 5, will inspire so many little girls to go out there and do what they love.
Laurie Hernandez /
Diverse
Inspire
Olympics
Love Will See
Little Girl
Little Girls
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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 /
Gymnast
Supportive
Intrude
Just Be
Stayed
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My mom decided that she wanted to put the mirror ball trophy on the coffee table in the center of our living room. When people walk in, it's kind of like, 'Uh.' It's a little weird. Maybe we should put it in the corner or something.
Laurie Hernandez /
Coffee
Living Room
Coffee Table
Corner
Trophy
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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.
Laurie Hernandez /
Glad
Gold
Medal
Olympics
Silver
Rise
Gold Medal
Hispanics
Little Girls
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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 /
Grandma
Family Work Mom
Mornings
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My mother was in the Army Reserve for six years. She taught me the importance of following rules, finishing what I start, never giving up, leadership skills, teamwork, staying positive, motivated and how to pack the military way when I'm traveling!
Laurie Hernandez /
Army
Finishing
Following
Giving Up
Importance
Staying
Teamwork
Pack
Reserve
Traveling
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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 /
Emotion
Thinking Face Me
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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.'
Laurie Hernandez /
Hispanic
Olympics
Session
Family Me Parents
Family Me Doing
Autograph
Exact
Role Model
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