Laurie Hernandez Quotes
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It's weird to hear anyone call me a role model.
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My athlete idol is Usain Bolt. He's inhumanly fast!
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The first meal that I learned to make was scrambled eggs.
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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.
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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.
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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.'
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I started a gymnastics class at five years old, but it became serious at seven.
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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.
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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.
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I like history because you can't really progress without knowing what comes before you, so I think it's super fascinating.
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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.
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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.
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I am second-generation American, and my grandparents are from Puerto Rico.
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I hope I can help inspire people to go for their dreams.
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If you think too far ahead, then it'll just stress you out.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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No matter what race or color you are, you can aspire to do something great.
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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.
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My greatest inspiration is my coach, Maggie Haney.
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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.