Quotes by Diana Lopez - Page 1

When he was eighteen, my dad went off to college to become an architect.
Diana Lopez / Competitor
Architect
Eighteen
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Win or lose, I'm going to leave everything on the mat. That's what gold medalists do.
Diana Lopez / Competitor
Win Or Lose
Mat
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Neither one of my parents played sports at a very high level when they grew up in Nicaragua.
Diana Lopez / Competitor
High Level
Nicaragua
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My parents sacrificed so much for all of us. It makes me want to give back to them by being the best I can be.
Diana Lopez / Competitor
Being The Best
Giving
Parent
Want
Best Me Parents
Sacrificed
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Because of my mom's compassion, direction, and knowledge, she gives me that extra push to be the best person I can be.
Diana Lopez / Competitor
Compassion
Extra
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Every first Friday, my father would go to confession, and he took very seriously the faith he would someday transmit to us.
Diana Lopez / Competitor
Confession
Friday
Someday
Transmit
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I think our legacy will always be there. My brothers and I have carved a path for all taekwondo players, not just in the U.S.
Diana Lopez / Competitor
Legacy
Carved
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Before we came along, it would be like, 'Yes, thank God, we have the U.S. as our first fight.' Now it's like, 'Uh-oh, we have a Lopez in our division.'
Diana Lopez / Competitor
Division
Thank God
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Do not sit next to my mother when she is watching one of her children compete because you will have fingernails down your back. She is a nervous wreck.
Diana Lopez / Competitor
Children
Fingernails
Mother
Nervous
Wrecks
Your Will Children
Compete
Children Will Your
Wreck
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Of course I want to bring home a gold medal, and that's what I'm planning on doing. For me, that's not pressure. It's a chance to show the world who I am.
Diana Lopez / Competitor
Medal
Planning
Gold Medal
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My mother was the oldest of nine children, five boys and four girls, so she had experience sharing responsibility for a large, sometimes loud group of kids.
Diana Lopez / Competitor
Loud
Oldest
Sharing
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When I tell people I'm going to the Olympics, they're like: 'What do you do, track and field? Pole vault? Are you a volleyball player?' No one ever guesses tae kwon do.
Diana Lopez / Competitor
Volleyball
Olympics
People
Player
Track
Track And Field
Guesses
Pole
Vault
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I need that hug from my mom. She's the Latin mother that hugs you and says all these sweet things to you in Spanish. It's just comforting. She also gives me that strength.
Diana Lopez / Competitor
Comforting
Hug
Latin
Mother
Gives
Hugs
Says
Spanish
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Not only are we like the epitome of the American dream, we've been successful at the sport for so long that we know the Lopez name will always be part of the taekwondo world.
Diana Lopez / Competitor
American Dream
Epitome
Always World Long
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You know, me winning two gold medals, going for a third one, that's nice. But being there with Mark and my sister, and my brother being the coach, it's a dream come true. It's going to be awesome.
Diana Lopez / Competitor
Dream
Sister
Being There
Brother
Gold
Mark
Nice
Winning
Awesome
Coach
Medals
Third
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It is pretty amazing. My parents, who came from Nicaragua to the U.S. - who would have thought that they would have American kids on the Olympic team? I think that's the epitome of the Olympic dream.
Diana Lopez / Competitor
Dream
Kids
Epitome
Nicaragua
Team
American Kids
Olympic
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If people look at me and, certainly, my brothers, and they see strength and guts, they'd have to know my parents. If they wanted to know why we're so close as a family, that closeness comes from my mother and father.
Diana Lopez / Competitor
Closeness
Guts
Mother And Father
Family Strength Me
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It was natural for me to go to local tournaments with my mother and watch my brothers compete and sometimes be left with my mom at home while my dad would take my brothers away to different tournaments and competitions. So I started doing everything they did.
Diana Lopez / Competitor
Tournaments
Home Mom Dad
Compete
Home Dad Mom
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Growing up with three older brothers and being the youngest and the only girl, my mom always made me tough. She's taught me over the years how to be a strong, independent woman, how to carry yourself in a positive way and anything that my brothers can do, I can do.
Diana Lopez / Competitor
Girl
Mom
Independent
Strong
Brothers
Carry
Independent Woman
Older Brothers
Positive Way
Youngest
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Most everything I do revolves around tae kwon do. That said, I like to be a typical girl and go shopping. I have three nieces and nephews that I like to hang out with. I'm also finishing my last semester at the University of Houston, where I'm majoring in childhood education.
Diana Lopez / Competitor
Girl
Finishing
Houston
Niece
Semester
Shopping
Typical
University
Hang
Nephews
Nieces
Revolves
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I am very proud of my mom and consider her the most courageous woman I know. With perseverance, sacrifice and hard work, she raised a family of Olympic athletes and gave us the tools and the spirit to succeed. That is something that my brothers and I will always be thankful for.
Diana Lopez / Competitor
Family
Thankful
Work
Mom
Brother
Courageous
Hard
Hard Work
Perseverance
Proud
Raised
Sacrifice
Spirit
Succeed
Tools
Most
Will
Family Work Mom
Us
Very
Always
Am
Athletes
Be Thankful
Brothers
Woman
Consider
Gave
Her
Olympic
She
Something
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I've been training super hard at the Lopez Taekwondo Academy in Houston, which belongs to my brother Jean. For me, I think confidence is the biggest thing; it's all mental. I train with the best of the best, including my brother Steven, a five-time world champion who won Olympic gold medals.
Diana Lopez / Competitor
Confidence
Academy
Brother
Champion
Gold
Houston
Including
Thinking
Training
Best World Me
Belongs
Biggest Thing
Won
Best Champion World
Jean
Medals
Mental
Olympic
Olympic Gold
Steven
Super
World Champion
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