Hezly Rivera Says She Started Dreaming About the Olympics at 7 Years Old

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00:00Yeah, I think it was around maybe 7 or 8 when I really knew

00:04I wanted to go to the Olympics and I started when I was 5 just

00:08doing things for fun and just you know to get out of the

00:11house and start doing flips but I think I really knew that I

00:16wanted to go to the Olympics around 8 years old. Yeah,

00:19it means the whole world to me just competing for team us

00:22today representing this country is such an honor. I've been

00:26wanting to do this ever since I was so little so great to find

00:30only come true is just so amazing and even the little

00:34experiences like Germany or Turkey. My first 2

00:39international assignments, you know being able to represent

00:42team USA and being at such a high level I think is such

00:47amazing accomplishments so I'm very proud of myself and I

00:51think it's such an honor to be here usually I pray with my

00:54family and that helps calm me down but also put me up

00:58because you know, I feel very calm and at peace with

01:03everything I'm doing and I just have to believe in myself

01:05interest myself and you know just God because you know I was

01:10put here for a reason and I just feel very at peace knowing

01:15that and I keep some Bible verses. You know in my head

01:20memorize, you know, Jeremiah 2911 which is for I know the

01:24plans, a happy declares the Lord plans to prosper you not

01:27to harm you plans to give you hope in the future so I think

01:29that really helps

01:31me get to the me and any event. Yeah, I think it's very

01:34important to be supportive and just cheer each other up no

01:38matter what happens because at the end of the day we're all

01:40friends are all teammates. So it's just very important to

01:44always be there for each other no matter what and even though

01:47you are competing against each other, it's great to have a

01:50bond and to have help with other gymnasts and I think

01:55that's.