Quotes from Laurie Hernandez

It's weird to hear anyone call me a role model.

Of course I'm very sassy.

I never look at scores or anything.

The first meal that I learned to make was scrambled eggs.

Secretly, I'm a 5-year-old.

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.

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.

On Sundays, I just love to go to church and then relax the whole day!

Growing up and seeing Shawn Johnson, for her to call me on the phone, I think my inner child was freaking out!

When I was 5, I was always joking around like, 'Oh man, I wanna go to the Olympics.'

As far as cartoons go, I watched a lot of 'Ed, Edd, n Eddy' when I was a kid.

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.

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.

People would be surprised to know I had a flip phone until 2015.

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.

I'm confident. I'm a crowd pleaser.

I love performing for the crowd. Maybe that's what it is. I'm a crowd pleaser.

My emotions kind of shine through my face, so whatever I'm thinking is what I'm portraying as well.

The big cheat meal will be a cookies and cream milkshake.

Honestly, I don't really know the rules of tango!

It's really hard to be all serious in the tango and not break into laughter.

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.

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.

Coming into 'Dancing With the Stars,' I thought it would be a lot easier.