The Gabby Douglas Story Page #4

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Mom said she couldn't afford

to send me to gym camp.

John and I were gonna raise the

money ourselves, and now...

Hey. It's not your fault.

Mom isn't feeling well.

It doesn't have anything

to do with you.

Besides, if you need money,

Joy and I will give

up our sports.

John, are they tricking me?

You got a talent, Brie.

We all see that.

You've got to start

seeing it, too.

You could be the best.

She's like me, Mom.

Yes, she is.

Are you gonna be a superstar like her,

too?

Yeah?

Yeah.

Well, don't you worry.

I am gonna find the money

to get you to that camp.

Let Mary Lou Retton's coaches

see the next superstar.

Are you sick, Mom?

Mmm.

I'm as tough as nails.

Don't you worry

about me. All right?

Now, you go to sleep,

'cause the world is waiting

for you in the morning.

Good night, sweetheart.

Good night, Mom.

Time went by.

Mom liked us all to have focus and goals,

so she liked that the stronger I got,

the harder I worked to get even stronger.

As long as today was better than yesterday,

we were all doing okay.

Well, I mean, she's got the drive,

and she's getting noticed.

The next step is to get her

qualified for Junior Elite.

Junior Elite?

Yeah, she'd be in a higher level

and training for harder skills,

more competitions.

Britney's a Junior Elite.

Britney's dad runs a bank.

Well, I mean,

if you're serious about the sport...

What I'm serious about is that my

kids have something to believe in.

Well, perfect. Then we'll get

her qualified for Junior Elite.

You'll be on the

road a lot more.

Probably have to homeschool her.

Homeschool?

Yeah. Mmm-hmm.

93, 94, 95, 96, 97...

Coach! How am I supposed

to concentrate here?

...98, 99,100! 101,102...

A 14.350 for Gabby Davis, uh...

Douglas, rather,

the newcomer out of Virginia Beach.

Yes! Way to go,

Gabrielle!

Gabby Douglas continues to impress.

That's my girl.

And here comes Shawn Johnson,

and you can hear the audience reaction.

They love her.

Hardest vault

in the competition.

And dead-on!

And she is one

happy camper right now.

That's gonna be you

out there one day.

Competitions take you to exciting

places and closer to your dreams.

But they also

expose your doubts.

206. Here we go.

Wow! Breezy, you have

moved up in the world.

I suck at bars.

This is the nicest hotel

we've ever been in,

and you're too busy giving yourself a

pity party that you don't even notice.

Keep focusing on the negative,

and it'll come true.

Oh! Come look

at this view!

Mom! I came in 16th today.

I didn't make the National Team.

What if I never make

the National Team?

Not this year,

or the next year, or the next?

Do you think before she won Shawn

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