Gabby Douglas Featured on MTV's Docu-series THIS IS HOW I MADE IT Today, 10/20

Below is a selection of quotes from this weekend's all-new episode of MTV's inspirational docu-series THIS IS HOW I MADE IT, featuring Gabby Douglas and Mac Miller. The episode airs today, October 20 at 12:00 p.m. ET/PT. 

Gabby Douglas:

"When you realize you have a dream and you want to accomplish this dream, then you'll do anything." – Gabby Douglas, on discovering that she had a chance to become an Olympian
"The teenager life, the normal life of going to school, going to prom, sure I missed out. But few people get to experience going to the Olympics or few people get to experience going on the podium." – Gabby Douglas, on making the decision at a young age to move away from her family to train

"Yeah, I had hard days where I was just like, I don't want to do this anymore, I want to go to the mall, I wanna go to the midnight showing of 'Breaking Dawn,' but you have to commit. Even though you have hard days you have to learn how to push through them. Because you'll have no regrets. And that's the best thing in life." – Gabby Douglas, looking back on spending her high school years training for the Olympics

"We're competing against each other, so we're pulling for each other, we're cheering for each other, but at the same time we have to focus on our routines and what we're gonna do." – Gabby Douglas, on her relationship with her teammates

"When I was standing on the podium receiving the gold medal, I just thought about all the hard days and all the hard work and effort that I put into this. This has been such an amazing Olympic journey for me." – Gabby Douglas, reflecting on the 2012 Olympics

"I definitely want to go to Rio, and plan on making the 2016 gymnastics team. I'm still young, I'm still fresh, and I don't think I want to retire just yet. I want to accomplish much more." – Gabby Douglas, on what's in store for her future
Mac Miller:

"I remember just that feeling of getting over my nerves and performing… for a crowd was me being like okay, this is what I wanna do for the rest of my life." – Mac Miller, on his first performance at Jewish Summer Camp

"I saw the ticket to making it was being signed to a record label… [but] I just couldn't figure out how to do it. So I decided that we would just do it ourselves… That's when I took to Facebook and Twitter and YouTube to try and build a following." – Mac Miller, on finding an outlet to get noticed

"I remember that there was a day I was reading a lot of hate on the album and then I got this e-mail forwarded to me from a kid who was like 'I love Blue Slide Park, man, that album is what I listened to, to get me through chemo every day.' And I remember just reading that and being like, then who cares what Rolling Stone says about my album? If this kid is sixteen years old and says that my music does something to help him get through something as rough as that, then… I do not care what anyone says." – Mac Miller, on the reactions to his first album
"When I went to Europe and sold out every show and everyone sang along with every lyric and kids were waiting outside my bus until five in the morning. I remember just being like, alright… we're here. We have arrived. There's no turning back." – Mac Miller, on the moment he realized he'd made it

"If every kid felt like it was possible for them to change the world then I guarantee that would be awesome… Why not believe in yourself enough to be like 'I will be the person that ends world war. I will be the person that solves world hunger.' Why not say that? You think the people that were sitting there were any different than you and I? Look at yourself as a possibility to do things greater than anyone ever imagines."- Mac Miller, on empowering his fans

Photo courtesy of MTV

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