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.
SIMONE BILESAs athletes, we’re always going to have aches and pains, but when your teammates cheer you on, you don’t think about it.
More Simone Biles Quotes
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Always work hard and have fun in what you do because I think that’s when you’re more successful. You have to choose to do it.
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I’m the first Simone Biles.
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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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I tune it all out because if I let other people’s stress get to me, then I stress myself out more than I need to.
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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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So far, my goals stops at making an Olympic team, and then if that happens, then I’ll jot down more goals.
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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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The floor exercise is a way to express your personality.
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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 love a good Netflix binge!
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I make breakfast, which is usually Kellogg’s Red Berries or egg whites, and then I go to the gym that’s only 10 minutes away.
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You can’t get too caught up in yourself.
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I didn’t really ever dream of going to the Olympics until after 2012.
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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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Everything I do is in the gym, so I’m always in gym clothes. I’m excited to explore lifestyle clothes for a little bit.
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You can have fun and do well. Just let loose a bit.
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When we had free time in the Olympic Village, we got massages and rested while watching Netflix.
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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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People comment on my pictures, ‘Stay healthy.’
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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 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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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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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.
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I don’t really think about the degree of difficulty or the possibility of making a mistake. I just try to relax and let my preparation and training take over.
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Growing up, it was kind of a struggle being small, since everyone would make fun of you – except for when it came to hide and seek: that’s the only advantage I ever had!
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Stay healthy, have fun with it, and embrace all the moments. Because anything can happen.
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