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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.

I Accomplished Something Big And That's A Memory I Will Never Forget.

For Me Going Down In History Being The First Black American To Win The Gold, I Think More Colored People Are Going To Start Coming To The Gymnastics World And Say 'okay, Anything Is Possible. If Gabby Did It, Then I Can Do It Too.'

I Wanted To Finish On A Stronger Note. Fighting Through That Routine, You Know What I Was Like, 'i'm Just Fighting Through.'

The Hard Work Definitely Paid Off And Hard Work Always Does.