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What Basketball Star Did Aly Raisman Fangirl Over?

What Basketball Star Did Aly Raisman Fangirl Over?

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YH is at the Kids' Choice Sports Awards chatting with Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Aly Raisman, who offers some advice to other would-be sports stars and gives kudos to some of her fellow Olympians in attendance! Plus, she reveals the NBA star she fangirled over and how she hopes they will soon become BFFs!

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Winning gold medals, girls look up to you every single day. What advice do you wanna pass down to people who want to be in your shoes?

Aly Raisman

I would say the most important thing is to find something that you love to do because if you want to be good at something, you really have to love it and you have to be able to wake up in the morning and be excited about it. I think that if you love something and you're passionate about, then you're gonna end up being, you know, the best version of yourself at it.

Young Hollywood

Okay, now, of course, this is all about sports today. Besides gymnastics, of course, what teams are you choosing and players and why?

Aly Raisman

You know, I don't know. I think, I mean, I know Michael Phelps is here, I know Lindsey Vonn is here and I I love both of them. They're both amazing. Um, I always like coming to these shows because you can meet so many athletes. I think that doing sports is so incredible and I think that, um, you know, we're so lucky to have these events where it brings people together. Um we were at the SP's last night and it was really cool to meet the, you know, the best athletes and I have so much respect because I know all the hard work that goes into it, but I'm also excited to see, um, Russell host it because he's amazing, he's so nice and, um, I haven't met, um, Sierra yet, but I've heard wonderful things about her too.

Young Hollywood

I was gonna say, is there an athlete that you'd actually get starstruck meeting?

Aly Raisman

Oh, I met, I saw Steph Curry in the elevator the other day and I freaked, I played, I think I played it cool, but like, I freaked out.

Young Hollywood

Did you say anything or what happened?

Aly Raisman

Yeah, well, I walked in and and he was like, he was like, oh, what's up? Like he, he totally like, and someone was like, oh, she looks familiar and he's like, oh, yeah, that's Ali, the gymnast. Like he totally knew who I was, so that made me freak out because I didn't think he knew who I was because he's so busy.

Young Hollywood

He is busy. Okay, if you can rewind that experience, what would you say to Mr. Curry?

Aly Raisman

I actually talked to him again at the SP's yesterday. So yeah, we're like friends, we're BFFs now. We're good. I like gave him and his wife a hug. Like I was like, oh, good seeing you again. Like we're BFFs now. We're good.

Young Hollywood

So your story is like old school already. You guys are friends now.

Aly Raisman

Yeah, like we're BFFs. I mean, we don't, I don't like have his number or anything, but like I'll get to that later on when I see him again. If he's here tonight, I'll just be like, I'll like ask him to go for coffee and his wife. Like we'll all hang out. We'll be best friends.

Young Hollywood

Maybe they'll set you up on a date. What, what do you think?

Aly Raisman

I don't know, who do you wanna date?

Young Hollywood

I don't know. You know, Steph is such a nice guy that that would be a great idea because he's a really nice person. So whoever he would suggest or recommend, I'm sure it would be a nice guy. And then you guys can double date and then you can see him all the time. You guys can hang. You and his wife would be best friends.

Aly Raisman

He'll think I'm obsessed with him. He probably would more be like, you can hang out with my daughters because they wanna do gymnastics.

Young Hollywood

Tell me, who would you slime in your life and why?

Aly Raisman

Ooh. That's a hard one. Um, I guess I would slime my sister just like as a joke. But they would slime me back.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Aly Raisman

    Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast, interviewee

  • Michael Phelps

    Fellow Olympian Raisman admires

  • Lindsey Vonn

    Fellow Olympian Raisman admires

  • Russell Wilson

    Host of the event, admired by Raisman

  • Ciara

    Russell Wilson's wife, Raisman heard wonderful things about her

  • Steph Curry

    NBA star Aly Raisman fangirled over and hopes to befriend

FAQ

What advice does Aly Raisman give aspiring athletes?+
Aly Raisman advises aspiring athletes to find something they love to do, as passion is essential for improving and becoming the best version of oneself.
Which Olympians does Aly Raisman admire?+
Aly Raisman admires fellow Olympians Michael Phelps and Lindsey Vonn, describing them both as amazing.
Who did Aly Raisman fangirl over?+
Aly Raisman fangirled over NBA star Steph Curry after encountering him in an elevator and then again at the ESPYs.
What did Steph Curry say to Aly Raisman?+
Steph Curry greeted Aly Raisman with "what's up" and recognized her as "Ali, the gymnast," which surprised and excited her.
What are Aly Raisman's hopes regarding Steph Curry and his wife?+
Aly Raisman hopes to become best friends with Steph Curry and his wife, suggesting they could go for coffee and hang out.

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