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"Aly Raisman has proven to be a role model, both on and off the gymnastics mat. The 18-year-old is an ambassador for Ask, Listen, Learn, a new campaign from The Century Council, a non-profit dedicated to raising awareness about underage drinking. When she&amp;#39;s not busy cutting a rug on Dancing with the Stars, Aly is traveling to schools around the country to encourage teens to stay away from alcohol.\n\nWe stole a few minutes with the superstar athlete to find out why she got involved in the cause\u2014and what&amp;#39;s next for her!\n\nWhat is it about this campaign that made you want to get involved?\n\n &amp;quot;I&amp;#39;m the oldest of four siblings, so it&amp;#39;s really important for me to set a good example. Being able to go to different middle schools talking about the importance of making healthy decisions means a lot to me. I wouldn&amp;#39;t be where I am today if I didn&amp;#39;t make healthy choices growing up. I&amp;#39;ll talk to the students and because they&amp;#39;re familiar with me, they&amp;#39;ll listen to everything I have say. I think by the end of the day, they&amp;#39;re really inspired to avoid drinking.&amp;quot;\n\nDid you deal with peer pressure to drink when you were younger?\n\n &amp;quot;When you&amp;#39;re in middle and high school, there are always kids who drink alcohol. But, at least for me, those are the kids who aren&amp;#39;t doing anything now. Those are the kids who dropped out of high school. People always told me they respected me more because I didn&amp;#39;t drink, and that feels good. It&amp;#39;s all about making good decisions and getting good results.&amp;quot;\n\nWhat&amp;#39;s your advice for teenagers?\n\n &amp;quot;Surround yourself with good people. If your friends are pressuring you to do things you don&amp;#39;t want to do, they aren&amp;#39;t your friends. Encourage others to do what&amp;#39;s best for them. Of course, it&amp;#39;s going to be hard. Middle school&amp;#39;s a tough time.&amp;quot;\n\nHow can girls help their little sisters and brothers make good decisions?\n\n &amp;quot;If you&amp;#39;re an older sister, make sure your younger siblings know you should have a goal in mind and dream big. And never give up! Realizing the importance of making good decisions is huge, because that will rub off on them. You can always set a good example. I&amp;#39;m lucky to be close in age with my siblings, so it&amp;#39;s easy to spend time with them\u2014I dropped my little sister off at school today. It&amp;#39;s those little things that make a big difference. It&amp;#39;s always hard to have tough conversations with them, but they look up to you so much and will listen to what you have to say.&amp;quot;\n\nWhat else are you up to?\n\n &amp;quot;Right now, I&amp;#39;m on Dancing with the Stars and I&amp;#39;m extremely excited about it. And then, after that ends, I&amp;#39;m going to begin training again in the fall for the 2016 Olympics. It doesn&amp;#39;t stop!&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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