Latest Gabby Douglas Quotes from Interviews

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• I'd tell any girl who continues to love gymnastics enough to want pursue a college scholarship to keep pushing yourself 100% in the gym every single day.

  Gabby Douglas

  Girl, Gymnastics, College

  Source: pridepublishinggroup.com

• Even if you have the talent, you still have to push yourself. I don't think dreams magically appear, that's why they're called dreams. But if you do want to make that dream a reality, then you have to push yourself. It takes a lot of hard work, and if you don't have the focus, then it's going to be all the harder. If you have a big dream, it takes all of the above to achieve it: passion, the focus and the effort.

  Gabby Douglas

  Dream, Hard Work, Passion

  Source: pridepublishinggroup.com

• I wrote the book 'Grace, Gold & Glory' because I had to overcome many challenges and hardships. I wanted to share my story to let anyone facing hardships know that your dream is still possible.

  Gabby Douglas

  Dream, Book, Grace

  Source: pridepublishinggroup.com

• Gymnastics does take great focus and concentration. What I do is look to my coach. He keeps me focused. And I meditate to get myself confident before the competition floor. That helps keep me focused, too.

  Gabby Douglas

  Gymnastics, Focus And Concentration, Competition

  Source: pridepublishinggroup.com

• Words can't even describe how much Olympic medals means to me, because of all the hard work, sacrifice and effort I put in at the gym, and also because of how much my family supported me and sacrificed their dreams for mine. It also means a lot to me, knowing that I became the first African American to win the individual all-around gold medal.

  Gabby Douglas

  Dream, Mean, Hard Work

  Source: pridepublishinggroup.com

• I would love to be remembered as someone who inspired young girls never to give up on their dreams.

  Gabby Douglas

  Girl, Dream, Giving Up

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

• I don't like to try strange foods. I like to explore different foods, but if you ask me to eat crocodile or frogs... I'm like no. That's where I draw the line.

  Gabby Douglas

  Trying, Lines, Frogs

  Source: www.ebony.com

• I love how everybody just brings a different personality to the mix and everyone's different in their own way. There's a lot of energy - that's the vibe of Team USA.

  Gabby Douglas

  Team, Usa, Personality

  "Gabby Douglas and Leslie Jones Are Texting Now, Thanks to #Love4GabbyUSA". Interview with Lindsay Miller, www.popsugar.com. August 22, 2016.

• I give myself a pep talk and visualize the routine. I tell myself: "I can do this, let's go!"

  Gabby Douglas

  Giving, Routine, Pep

  "Gabby Douglas and Leslie Jones Are Texting Now, Thanks to #Love4GabbyUSA". Interview with Lindsay Miller, www.popsugar.com. August 22, 2016.

• I just spent my whole life training and focused on one thing, I really don't even think about after the fact! It's like, oh yeah, I have to do something after!

  Gabby Douglas

  Thinking, Training, Facts

  "Gabby Douglas and Leslie Jones Are Texting Now, Thanks to #Love4GabbyUSA". Interview with Lindsay Miller, www.popsugar.com. August 22, 2016.

• The other girls [in team] have experience. They've been competing on a lot of international world-class stages. They knew what to expect and what to do and what not to do. Me and Aly [Raisman] just gave them advice on the media side. We said, it's gonna be crazy. It's the Olympics. But it's gonna be fun!

  Gabby Douglas

  Girl, Fun, Team

  Source: www.glamour.com

• I like to hike and play with my dogs and spend time with my family. We go out to family dinners a lot.

  Gabby Douglas

  Dog, Play, Dinner

  "Gabby Douglas on the Final Five's Gold Medal Win: 'We Celebrated on the Stand'". Interview with Elizabeth Logan, www.glamour.com. August 19, 2016.

• I wanted to finish on a stronger note. Fighting through that routine, you know what I was like, 'I'm just fighting through.'

  Gabby Douglas

  Fighting, Stronger, Routine

• I have no regrets coming back for a second Olympic team [in 2016]. It's been an amazing experience. It's been teaching me a lot.

  Gabby Douglas

  Regret, Team, Teaching

• Did I choose my hair texture? No. I'm grateful for having this hair on my head.

  Gabby Douglas

  Grateful, Hair, Texture

• You want to picture yourself being on top and doing amazing gymnastics.

  Gabby Douglas

  Gymnastics, Want

• I was supporting Aly [Raisman]. I will always will support them and respect them. I don't want anyone to take it as jealous or I wanted attention.

  Gabby Douglas

  Jealous, Support, Attention

• I blast "Northern Sky," by the Capital Kings, on the way there, but at the gym, I totally zone out.

  Gabby Douglas

  Kings, Sky, Way

  "Gabby Douglas Admits She's Klutzy". Interview with Romy Oltuski, www.harpersbazaar.com. August 5, 2016.

• Serena Williams [ispires me]. The first time I met her, she was like, "We should hang out and go to dinner," and I'm like, "Uh, yeah! If you insist."

  Gabby Douglas

  Dinner, Firsts, Yeah

  "Gabby Douglas Admits She's Klutzy". Interview with Romy Oltuski, www.harpersbazaar.com. August 5, 2016.

• I'm a very good bowler, which I discovered a few months ago.

  Gabby Douglas

  Months, Bowlers, Very Good

  "Gabby Douglas Admits She's Klutzy". Interview with Romy Oltuski, www.harpersbazaar.com. August 5, 2016.

• Sometimes I like to watch videos of myself and see how confident I was.

  Gabby Douglas

  Watches, Video, Sometimes

  "Get to know U.S. Gymnast, Gabby Douglas!". Interview, www.seventeen.com. August 3, 2012.

• I used to have this lucky rock and I used to always have to rub it three times before I competed.

  Gabby Douglas

  Rocks, Lucky, Three

  "Get to know U.S. Gymnast, Gabby Douglas!". Interview, www.seventeen.com. August 3, 2012.