>>> WE ARE SO EXCITED BECAUSE
>>> WE ARE SO EXCITED BECAUSE THIS MORNING WE ARE CATCHING UP
THIS MORNING WE ARE CATCHING UP
WITH OLYMPIC ROYALTY GABBY
DOUGLAS.
>> GABBY IS JOINING US THIS
MORNING TO TALK ALL THINGS
GYMNASTICS AS WELL AS SOME NEW
HOBBIES THAT SHES RECENTLY
PICKED UP.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HOW IS EVERYONE?
>> WE ARE DOING GREAT AND GREAT
TO HAVE YOU JOINING US.
OF COURSE, WE ARE ALL OBVIOUSLY
ROOTING FOR THE USA GYMNASTICS
WOMENS TEAM.
SO WHEN YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT
POSITIVE COVID TEST, WHAT DID
YOU THINK ABOUT THIS AND HOW IT
WOULD CHALLENGE THE TEAMS
FOCUS?
>> HONESTLY, I CANT IMAGINE
WHAT THESE ATHLETES ARE GOING
THROUGH.
IVE NEVER TRAINED OR COMPETED
DURING A PANDEMIC.
AND SO I CAN JUST IMAGINE THE
ADDED STRESS AND PRESSURE.
AS ATHLETES, WE ARE ALL IN EACH
OTHERS FACES AND SPACES.
SO JUST TO BE MINDFUL NOW OF,
OKAY, I HAVE TO SOCIAL DISTANCE,
BE CAREFUL WHO I HANG AROUND, I
HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHAT I TOUCH.
AND I JUST -- LIKE I CANT EVEN
IMAGINE BECAUSE ITS JUST A
DIFFERENT WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN.
AND THERES GOING TO BE SO MUCH
ADDED PRESSURE NOW WITH NO
PEOPLE IN THE STANDS, BUT I
HONESTLY APPLAUD AND RESPECT
EVERY ATHLETE BECAUSE THIS IS
DEFINITELYok NOT AN EASY TIME TH
WERE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
>> GABBY, YOU WERE THE FIRST
AVENUE CAN AMERICAN ALL AROUND
CHAMPION BACK IN 2012.
AND EIGHT YEARS LATER, WERE
SENDING THE MOST DIVERSE
GYMNASTICS SQUAD WEVE EVER SENT
TO THE OLYMPICS.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO WATCH
REPRESENTATION GROW AND BE A
PART OF THAT SHIFT?
>> I HONESTLY HAVE BEEN GRATEFUL
TO BE A PART OF IS THAT SHIFT, A
SHIFT IN ATHLETICISM, AND IN
ANYTHING ELSE, IN ALL CRAFTS AND
FIELDS.
IM SO GRATEFUL THAT PEOPLE ARE
RECOGNIZING THEIR ABILITY AND
CREATIVITY AND THEIR TALENT AND
STEPPING UP AND SAYING, HEY, NO
MATTER RACE, NATIONALITY, ITS
IN MY BLOOD TO DO THIS.
IM GOING TO GO OUT AND SHINE
BECAUSE THIS TALENT WAS GIVEN TO
ME TO GO OUT AND SHINE IN FIVE
GENERATIONS.
SO IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL TO SEE
THAT GROWTH.
>> AND GABBY, WE CANT HELP BUT
NOTICE THE GIANT NEON SIGN
BEHIND YOU.
WE KNOW YOURE A PAID
SPOKESPERSON FOR MATTRESS FIRM.
LOVE YOUR ENERGY THIS MORNING.
SEEMS LIKE YOU HAD A GOOD
NIGHTS SLEEP.
HOW DO WE GET RID OF JUNK SLEEP?
WHAT IS THE MISSION?
>> I BELIEVE EVERYONE STRUGGLES
WITH JUNK SLEEP.
ITS SO NATURAL WITHIN OUR
BODIES TO TOSS AND TURN AT
NIGHT, TO NOT GET A LOT OF
SLEEP.
FOR ME, I HAVE SO MANY REMEDIES
THAT I DO.
I DO TEAS, JOURNALLING,
STRETCHING BECAUSE OUR BODIES
NEED SLEEP.
THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE RECOVERY
IS SLEEP.
ESPECIALLY AS ATHLETES, AS HUMAN
BEINGS WE NEED SLEEP TO RECOVER.
I INCORPORATED A LOT OF SLEEP AS
AN ATHLETE.
I NOTICED A HUGE BENEFIT WITH
NOT SLEEPING VERSUS SLEEPING
BECAUSE IVE PUT SO MUCH EFFORT
AND SWEAT INTO DANCING 24/7.
>> AND, IN FACT, YOU KNOW, YOU
TALK ABOUT THE MASKED DANCER.
HOW DID YOU KEEP THAT SECRET
FROM YOUR FAMILY DURING
QUARANTINE?
AND WHAT WAS THAT LIKE TAKING
PART IN IT?
>> HONESTLY, I LOVE BEING
MYSTERIOUS.
AND IT WAS NO PROBLEM FOR ME.
LIKE I LOVE -- LIKE I TELL MY
FAMILY, I COULD HAVE BEEN A CIA
AGENT OR AN UNDERCOVER AGENT AND
THEYRE LIKE, BE CAREFUL, THEY
MIGHT RECRUIT YOU.
BUT HONESTLY, I LOVE THE IDEA OF
BEING MYSTERIOUS.
AND IT WAS SO FUN.
MY SISTER DIDNT EVEN KNOW WHAT
CHARACTER I WAS.
SO IT WAS REALLY FUN.
>> THATS COOL.
WE ALWAYS ENJOY YOUR ENERGY,