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- Dead
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got a piece of a dead person's ligament in my body.
- Secretly
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- Nov 07, 2020
Secretly, I'm a 5-year-old.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Gold
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's kind of like I won a gold medal with my family.
- Crowd
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm confident. I'm a crowd pleaser.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think people are people. If you want something, go get it. I don't think it matters what race you are.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.'
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hope I can help inspire people to go for their dreams.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
My earliest memory was watching gymnastics on live TV and wanting to do what the 'big girls' did.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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!
- Making
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- Nov 07, 2020
A goal of making it to the Olympic Games has motivated me to work very hard in my sport.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would love to be an actress!
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.'
- Eating
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- Nov 07, 2020
My whole life revolved around gymnastics because I loved it so much. I home-schooled because of it; I changed my eating habits.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first meal that I learned to make was scrambled eggs.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Nov 07, 2020
Of course I'm very sassy.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a little kid, I don't remember looking up and seeing so many Hispanic athletes out there.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes you just don't know what to say.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Limits
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Amazing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being able to do something that I love and be at such a high level of gymnastics is just amazing.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
My emotions kind of shine through my face, so whatever I'm thinking is what I'm portraying as well.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Cookies
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- Nov 07, 2020
The big cheat meal will be a cookies and cream milkshake.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's weird to hear anyone call me a role model.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.'
- Nov 07, 2020
Honestly, I don't really know the rules of tango!
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
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!'
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dancing is so much fun.
- Dancing
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- Nov 07, 2020