It's definitely important to have your mom and family there to back you up and cheering from the stands.
Gabby DouglasI was just, you know, kind of getting racist jokes, kind of being isolated from the group. So it was definitely hard. I would come home at night and just cry my eyes out.
Gabby DouglasMy mom used to tell me when I was little, 'When it rains, it's God's manifestation - a big day's waiting to happen.'
Gabby DouglasI've learned how to stay humble. I don't want to get in over my head because when you do that it takes you off your game.
Gabby DouglasEven 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