I love competing.
SIMONE BILESGrowing up, it was kind of a struggle being small, since everyone would make fun of you – except for when it came to hide and seek: that’s the only advantage I ever had!
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You can still be very good at what you do and have fun.
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I don’t fear what will happen, but you just get ahead of yourself, like, ‘Oh my gosh, I wish it would happen now.’
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As athletes, we’re always going to have aches and pains, but when your teammates cheer you on, you don’t think about it.
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I was missing out on public school and going to the football games, prom or homecomings. But I’ve been to three World Championships. So I think it’s like a win-win.
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I think for me, the most fun competition that I’ve had was my first Worlds.
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Most people would focus on concentrating more, and I can’t do that. It almost makes me overthink a lot of my things. I have to focus on not thinking.
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I don’t necessarily have favorite brands.
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As a kid growing up, I was never like, ‘I want to go to the Olympics,’ so having to pass on 2012 because I was too young didn’t bother me at all.
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Most of our fans don’t get to interact with us or know our personalities except through social media.
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Gymnastics is just one part of my life, and I’m having as much fun with it as possible.
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My mom, Nellie, got me a rosary at church. I don’t use it to pray before a competition. I’ll just pray normally to myself, but I have it there in case.
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The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.
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I never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.
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I would be like, ‘Oh, my gosh, I wish I could go to prom.’ But then I think, ‘You know what? A lot of people can’t say they’ve ever done what I do – they’ll never have this opportunity.’
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It hurts my head, but it’s fine because it’s something I do every day. You can’t avoid the gymnastics questions.
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