For me, I don’t think about size – I focus more on being powerful and confident.
SIMONE BILESI think for me, the most fun competition that I’ve had was my first Worlds.
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I never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.
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You can’t get too caught up in yourself.
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There are goals that I have, and then I dream of it, and then I make it a reality. If I could crawl out of my skin and see it, it would be really amazing.
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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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You can still be very good at what you do and have fun.
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We go to church on Sunday and then have family dinner. My mom usually cooks, and most of the time, it’s protein and something else. She will ask us kids what we want!
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In the morning, I usually get up between 7:40 A.M. and 7:45 A.M., and then I’ll brush my teeth, do my hair, and just throw on my leotard and my clothes and go to the kitchen.
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It doesn’t even matter if I don’t win a self-gold – after every meet, I have pizza. Pepperoni pizza.
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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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My first experience with gymnastics was when I was in daycare. We took a field trip to a gym, and I was hooked.
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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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I always say my biggest competitor is myself because, whenever I step out there on the mat, I’m competing against myself to prove that I can do this and that I am very well trained, prepared for 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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The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.
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One of my favourite things to do is compete for a crowd. It’s just really fun for me.
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