For me, I don’t think about size – I focus more on being powerful and confident.
SIMONE BILESWhen 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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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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I have dual citizenship.
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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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You can have fun and do well. Just let loose a bit.
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We all have skills, I guess.
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I guess I just have really tough skin.
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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.
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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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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.
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You don’t have to be serious all the time to do a good job.
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I never felt I had questions or needed answers or had a part of me that was missing.
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I’m thrilled that I was able to share my first Olympic Games experience with my U.S. teammates.
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It’s amazing that I can inspire little kids to know that you can be short or tall, and your body type doesn’t matter because you can do anything.
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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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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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