I’m thrilled that I was able to share my first Olympic Games experience with my U.S. teammates.
SIMONE BILESI think we have other things to worry about than some Zika virus.
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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 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 take things one step at a time.
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I spend a lot of time in the gym training, and Core Power is a great fit for my nutritional needs.
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I just keep surprising myself, I guess.
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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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I’m not a celebrity. I’m just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.
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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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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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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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For me, I don’t think about size – I focus more on being powerful and confident.
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I have practice from 9 A.M. to 12 P.M., and then I drive home and eat lunch, which is either chicken or fish so I get the protein.
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If they said, ‘Do five pull-ups,’ I would always want to do 10.
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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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