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Gabby Douglas takes 'Leap of Faith'

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    Olympic gymnast finds strength through prayer

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I totally -- Americans in -- to win and how long the Olympic gold medal.

In gymnastics.

One -- when you're one of many when you -- it most recently urged her happy.

-- -- Jimmy today in US history to win gold medal in both the team and all round at the Olympics and what she brought some over hardware along with the right one for -- with receive what.

How greater -- you normally travel with -- -- Sometimes sometimes just to remind yourself of what she did over the summer and our ACC wrote this book.

Quickly after the Olympics yet but -- you have not always had an easy for him.

No I had to overcome a lot identical tees and second chances and -- homeless and -- and -- island injuries and all that just.

Now came together and I -- -- -- focus Golden Globe.

It's amazing to me -- someone who went to Olympic gold medals and that could that be.

Not to headline and you're in the story hello of the story is you sleeping in your car -- the story is you were sick as a child and the thing is.

You -- to all of you and mom had to overcome so much -- -- get to a to a gymnastics class equivalent to be gold medalist how often do you think about what you've been through at such a young -- And it's just amazing nine Atlanta Olympics and that accomplish frank James and I went to a Latin blood disease and being homeless and going through a lot of financial problems so it it was not a very.

Easy round it was very tough flat I would have to say -- -- means John.

And their parents -- -- you started training when you're six and then you moved up from your family at age fourteen to -- -- to from Iowa to Virginia.

Or the other way around yes.

And and you work so hard seven months before the Olympics you think he -- so I can't take it anymore I can get a job where.

At chick -- at chick filet you can equip I'm gonna -- -- -- you told your mom when the hardest things you rather do lose their reactions she was heartbroken and she don't want her.

That are to come home as a crowd there and say I wish I would Atlanta Olympics out she did the mom thing and -- -- -- -- I mean.

You Aaron Tennessee's again this is not for -- this is only temporary so to step out stick with that and know that -- -- Olympics and be content which had -- Sounds like a wonderful parent with some good advice in your brother also convinced you to.

Two stick it out obviously in paid off for -- and a big way in a lot of it had to do with your faith you are strong Christian.

And it was always that and that my faith plays -- run my life and I know wet B but that it today and I'm just looking back and watching dollar -- competition and -- see my lips moving and that's me trying.

Getting I don't know if you know we have a -- huge history at fox and friends with outstanding June's.

And is greeted you ward this other woman had -- -- named Mary Lou Retton did data she was here.

And she felt she had to performing -- move lets see there -- -- at first she walked along the back of the cap that was.

That was early on and that she did this the last time to improve.

You could see this picture of Mary Lou -- coming up shortly.

Nancy I was included just about it was plainly I wasn't there even look at that.

That's means I was back in 2000 in a patent suit pants and you plan to I mean you're so young -- Yet you're 26 -- go to -- yet I'm gonna go in the next four years to the next Olympic.

All yeah I'm -- thinking about going to Richmond sixteen and -- -- -- -- about the whole thing just attending two Olympics and along my gymnastics sound like.

Won't watch any chips or an actual assignment so it's going to be fun.

We'll check out her brand new book grace glory.

Good grace gold and glory.

Poster included.

Get real Douglas we thank you very much for -- yeah.

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