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I think people are people. If you want something, go get it. I don't think it matters what race you are.

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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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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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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.

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My earliest memory was watching gymnastics on live TV and wanting to do what the 'big girls' did.

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I started a gymnastics class at five years old, but it became serious at seven.

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

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A goal of making it to the Olympic Games has motivated me to work very hard in my sport.

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I would love to be an actress!

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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: June 9th, 2000

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