“For me to compete at the highest level, training and living a healthy lifestyle is an everyday focus for me, and I’m excited to be a part of the Everyday Awesome team!”

If I won gold in 2016, I think it would change my life.

I’m always trying to push myself to the limit to see what I can do. It’s my strong will that I’ve always had since I was a kid.

I feel like I’m small and mighty and pack a powerful punch, just like Tide PODS.

If they said, ‘Do five pull-ups,’ I would always want to do 10.

My first experience with gymnastics was when I was in daycare. We took a field trip to a gym, and I was hooked.

I’m not a celebrity. I’m just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.

One of my proudest moments was probably 2013 Worlds because I proved to myself that I could do things that I didn’t think I could.

If anybody has a bad day, they’ll just come to my room because they know I’ll bring out the positive in everything, or I’ll make them laugh, or I’ll be just crazy.

Before a big event, I usually go to church and light a candle for St. Sebastian, who is the patron saint of athletes.

If I thought of gymnastics as a job, it would put too much stress on me.

We all have skills, I guess.

People comment on my pictures, ‘Stay healthy.’

Everything I do is in the gym, so I’m always in gym clothes. I’m excited to explore lifestyle clothes for a little bit.

I can only control what I do when I go compete.

The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.

At the end of the day, if I can say I had fun, it was a good day.

No matter what you achieve, what you want to aspire to be, or how famous and powerful you become, the most important thing is whether you are excited about each and every moment of your life because of your work and people around you.

I left everything I had to become an actor. So, I better be excited, or otherwise, there is no point in doing all this. Else I would end up being disappointed with whatever I achieve.

Since I think I am very boring in normal life, I tend to hide behind all these exciting characters, making people believe that I am someone else entirely. That feeling is very powerful.

I will continue doing things irrespective of the medium as long as I’m excited about it.

When you’re young and everything dramatic is exciting, you start to believe that hype that, in order to be an artist, you have to suffer. I’ve graduated from that school.

Stardom is a crazy thought. If that’s what my path is, then that’s where I’m excited to be headed towards.

It’s amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about smog, oil leaks, the devastation of the environment with pesticides, hunger, disease.

Life is about the pursuit of excellence. That pursuit is probably more exciting to me now more than ever.