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.'
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.
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.
I got a piece of a dead person's ligament in my body.
I think I still like science and art better, but geometry is a big improvement over algebra.
When you have family with you, it gives you extra energy.
Secretly, I'm a 5-year-old.
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.
I'm confident. I'm a crowd pleaser.
I think people are people. If you want something, go get it. I don't think it matters what race you are.
I hope I can help inspire people to go for their dreams.
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.
If you think too far ahead, then it'll just stress you out.
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.
My earliest memory was watching gymnastics on live TV and wanting to do what the 'big girls' did.
I started a gymnastics class at five years old, but it became serious at seven.
I am second-generation American, and my grandparents are from Puerto Rico.
A goal of making it to the Olympic Games has motivated me to work very hard in my sport.
I would love to be an actress!
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.'
My whole life revolved around gymnastics because I loved it so much. I home-schooled because of it; I changed my eating habits.
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.
The first meal that I learned to make was scrambled eggs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
When I was a little kid, I don't remember looking up and seeing so many Hispanic athletes out there.
I hope the Final Five has shown that everyone is capable of success if they work hard.
Sometimes you just don't know what to say.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Being able to do something that I love and be at such a high level of gymnastics is just amazing.
My emotions kind of shine through my face, so whatever I'm thinking is what I'm portraying as well.
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.
The big cheat meal will be a cookies and cream milkshake.
It's weird to hear anyone call me a role model.
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.
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.'
Meeting kids who feel inspired by my story, it means so much to me.
Honestly, I don't really know the rules of tango!
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!'
As far as cartoons go, I watched a lot of 'Ed, Edd, n Eddy' when I was a kid.
Dancing is so much fun.
Even though I'm a gymnast, I've always loved dancing.
People have always asked me why my favorite event was floor, and my answer was always, 'Because I love to dance!'