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Simone Biles

The reaction of the public plays a very important role. It gives us an adrenaline boost, especially when people start to shout and clap their hands in time with the music. That really helps us to go on.
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Hands Important Music People Play Reaction Role Start Time
Father served in the Air Force for 22 years.
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Father Job Service
I feel like it’s harder because everyone knows I’m the three-time world champion – it’s almost like people are waiting for something bad to happen.
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Feeling Myself People Time Wait
Sometimes I hear the crowd cheering, and most of the time your body’s on auto pilot, so sometimes even after I do a floor routine, I’m like, ‘Did I really just do that?’
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Body Myself Time Yourself
The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.
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Actor Art Sports
Before a big event, I usually go to church and light a candle for St. Sebastian, who is the patron saint of athletes.
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Light Myself Prayer Religious
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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Care Children Growth Myself Young
Every year, I think of Worlds as the big meet, but now, it’s the Olympics. I’m blessed to even have the opportunity to think about it and work for it.
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Blessing Myself Opportunity Sports Thinking Work World
It was a very long and hard decision. My dad kept telling me, ‘You can always go to college, but you can’t always go pro.’ That made sense to me.
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Choice Decision Education Hard Myself
I started gymnastics when I was six years old. I was at day care, and they took us on a field trip to a gym club, Bannon’s Gymnastix in Houston, and that’s how I got started.
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Beginning Myself Sports Start
We’ve always had each other’s backs in and out of competition. We support each other the most because we’re the only ones that know what it’s like to go through what we do, and so we can’t be more thankful for each other. We’re like sisters.
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Each Other Family Friendship Oneself Support Thankful
When I was younger, I thought every kid was adopted because that’s all I’ve known. I have everything I need, so I never felt the need to have answers for what happened.
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Children Feeling Myself Need Young
I have everything I need, so there are no blanks left unfilled.
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Myself Need Satisfaction
The support down here in Rio has been amazing – between my family, Team U.S.A. and Team Kellogg’s, I’ve felt so much love. This whole experience has been a dream come true.
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Dream Experience Family Feeling Love Myself Support Team True
We strive for greatness.
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Greatness Inspirational One Liner
So far, my goals stops at making an Olympic team, and then if that happens, then I’ll jot down more goals.
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Goal Myself Stop Team

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