My mom always told me the more you try, the more you will succeed in everything you set out to do. — Diana Lopez Everything Copy Share Image
I am very proud of my mom and consider her the most courageous woman I know. With perseverance, sacrifice and hard work,… — Diana Lopez Athlete Copy Share Image
I have a strong family, and they're not going to baby me, even though I am the baby. They're never gonna do… — Diana Lopez Baby Copy Share Image
Every first Friday, my father would go to confession, and he took very seriously the faith he would someday transmit to us. — Diana Lopez Faith Copy Share Image
Before we came along, it would be like, 'Yes, thank God, we have the U.S. as our first fight.' Now it's like,… — Diana Lopez Fight Copy Share Image
Win or lose, I'm going to leave everything on the mat. That's what gold medalists do. — Diana Lopez Everything Copy Share Image
I think our legacy will always be there. My brothers and I have carved a path for all taekwondo players, not just… — Diana Lopez Always Copy Share Image
I've been training super hard at the Lopez Taekwondo Academy in Houston, which belongs to my brother Jean. For me, I think… — Diana Lopez Academy Copy Share Image
You know, me winning two gold medals, going for a third one, that's nice. But being there with Mark and my sister,… — Diana Lopez Being there Copy Share Image
I don't really worry too much about what people say. I guess it's good that people talk about me. — Diana Lopez Good Copy Share Image
My mother was the oldest of nine children, five boys and four girls, so she had experience sharing responsibility for a large,… — Diana Lopez Children Copy Share Image
It's so emotional. You train so hard. I know the hours we put into it. — Diana Lopez Emotional Copy Share Image
Most everything I do revolves around tae kwon do. That said, I like to be a typical girl and go shopping. I… — Diana Lopez Childhood Copy Share Image
It was natural for me to go to local tournaments with my mother and watch my brothers compete and sometimes be left… — Diana Lopez Brotherhood Copy Share Image
When I tell people I'm going to the Olympics, they're like: 'What do you do, track and field? Pole vault? Are you… — Diana Lopez Ball player Copy Share Image
Do not sit next to my mother when she is watching one of her children compete because you will have fingernails down… — Diana Lopez Children Copy Share Image
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 Best Copy Share Image
“Just because your friend does it, doesn't mean you have to. Be a leader, not a follower.” — Diana Lopez Friendship Copy Share Image
Growing up with three older brothers and being the youngest and the only girl, my mom always made me tough. She's taught… — Diana Lopez Brother Copy Share Image
When he was eighteen, my dad went off to college to become an architect. — Diana Lopez Become Copy Share Image
Neither one of my parents played sports at a very high level when they grew up in Nicaragua. — Diana Lopez High Copy Share Image
If people look at me and, certainly, my brothers, and they see strength and guts, they'd have to know my parents. If… — Diana Lopez Family Copy Share Image
I need that hug from my mom. She's the Latin mother that hugs you and says all these sweet things to you… — Diana Lopez Hug Copy Share Image
It is pretty amazing. My parents, who came from Nicaragua to the U.S. - who would have thought that they would have… — Diana Lopez Dream Copy Share Image
Not only are we like the epitome of the American dream, we've been successful at the sport for so long that we… — Diana Lopez American Copy Share Image
