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.
SIMONE BILESI never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.
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I have dual citizenship.
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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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I just keep surprising myself, I guess.
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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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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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If I thought of gymnastics as a job, it would put too much stress on me.
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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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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 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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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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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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You can’t get too caught up in yourself.
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I love a good Netflix binge!
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I am like any typical teenager.
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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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