The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.
SIMONE BILESAt some point, I’ll have to go get a real job.
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I think I’m teaching my teammates that they can still be successful while having fun and enjoying the moment rather than being a stone cold brick.
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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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Gymnastics is just one part of my life, and I’m having as much fun with it as possible.
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At the end of the day, if I can say I had fun, it was a good day.
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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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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 didn’t really ever dream of going to the Olympics until after 2012.
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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 just keep surprising myself, I guess.
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If I thought of gymnastics as a job, it would put too much stress on me.
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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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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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I think for me, the most fun competition that I’ve had was my first Worlds.
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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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I have dual citizenship.
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