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Gabby Douglas: My mom knows best

Updated: January 29, 2013, 11:16 AM ET
By espnW

Had it not been her mother, Gabby Douglas might never have worn a gold medal. Instead, she might be asking customers, "You want waffle fries with that?"

"I wanted to give up gymnastics and work at Chick-fil-A. I was determined to give any excuse to my mom and my coaches and my siblings that I didn't want to do gymnastics anymore. Sorry. And I was very homesick [when I moved to Iowa to train]. I mean, my family visited me for Christmas, and it went by so fast, and by the time I knew ...

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